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PHILADELPHIA: 
CHARLES    FOSTER, 

118    S.   Seventh    Street. 


JESUS   IN  THE   MANGER. 


Copyiighled  1882,  hy  I'harles  l-'oHter. 


PREFACE. 


A  CONSIDKRAIJLE  portion  of  this 
booii  \v:is  ro;i(l  diirinj^  its  prepara- 
tion to  ciiildren  in  Kindergartens. 
They  appeared  to  be  interested,  and 
listened  attentively.  It  was  found 
imimrtant  when  reading  to  them  to 
speak  slowly  and  distinctly,  thus 
giving  the  little  hearei-s  time  to 
understand  every  word. 

Although  the  author's  aim  has 
been  to  make  the  book  answer  its 
purpose  without  alteration  or  addi- 
tion, it  would  always  be  well  for  the 
judicious  parent  or  teacher,  when 
instructing  from  it,  to  enlarge  on 
the  text  and  modify  the  questions 
according  to  the  age  and  intel- 
ligence of  the  pupils. 


622BR5 


JESUS  BLESSING  LITTLE  CUILDKKN. 


]  I     WANT     to 

talk  with  you  a  lit- 
tle  while    and  tell 
you  what  I  saw.     As 
I  was  passing   by 
house  I  saw  a  bird- 
cage hanging  in  the 
window,  with  a  beau- 
tiful little  bird  in  it. 
The  cage  was  new, 
audit  was  very  pretty. 
I  know  who  made  it. 


A  man  made  the  cage 


to  sell    it    and    get   money  for    it.     But   the 


6  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


man  did  not  make  the  bird.  Men  can  make 
cages  and  chairs  and  tables  and  houses,  and  a 
great  many  other  things,  but  they  cannot 
make  things  that  are  alive.  Only  God  can 
make  them. 

God  lives  up  in  heaven.  We  cannot  see 
him,  but  he  looks  down  and  sees  us.  He  sees 
us  all  the  time,  not  only  in  the  day,  but  in 
the  night  too. 

In  the  nio-ht  it  is  dark.  Then  we  lie  down 
on  our  beds  and  go  to  sleep.  The  sun  goes 
away  in  the  night,  and  we  see  the  moon 
and  the  stars  shining  up  in  the  sky.  But 
in  the  morning,  Avhen  the  sun  comes  again, 
we  cannot  see  the  moon  and  the  stars  any 
more. 

God  made  the  sun  and  the  moon  and  the 
stars,  and  he  put  tliem  uj)  in  the  sky,  where 
we  can  see  them. 

Now  I  am  going  to  ask  you  some  questions 
to  see  if  you  remember  Avhat  I  have  read  to 
vou. 


What  did  I  see  hanging  iu  a  window  ? 
What  was  in  the  cas^e  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Who  made  the  cage  ? 

Did  a  mau  make  the  bird  ? 

Can  men  make  a  great  many  other  things  beside 
cages? 

But  can  they  make  things  that  are  alive  ? 

Who  can  make  .things  that  are  alive? 

Where  does  God  live  ? 

Does  he  look  down  and  see  us  in  the  day,  and  in 
the  night  too? 

What  do  we  see  at  night  if  we  look  up  at  the  sky? 

But  in  the  morning,  when  the  sun  comes  again,  can 
we  see  the  moon  and  the  stars  any  more  ? 

Who  made  the  sun,  the  moon,  and  the  stars,  and 
put  them  up  in  the  sky  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


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2.  But  we  see  something  else 
iij)   ill   the  sky   besides  the  sun 
and  the  moon  and  the  stars. 

We  see  the   clouds  there. 

The  rain   comes   down  from 

the  clouds,  and  in  winter,  when 

^WIS.-'  -iK?  it    e-ets   cold,  the   snow    comes 

"V  down  from  the  clouds. 

Sometimes  in  winter,  when 
you  get  up  in  the  morning  and 
look  out  of  the  window,  the 
ground  is  all  covered  with  white. 
The  snow  makes  it  white.  Then 
you  put  on  your  warm  coat  and 
your  thick  shoes  and  run  out 
and  play  in  the  snow. 

God  made  the  clouds,  and  he 
made  the  rain   and   the   snow 
,au-  ,^  '"X  "-  ^^'^^  come  down  on  the  ground. 
After  the  snow  has  all  gone, 
then  the  flowers  come  in  the   spring.     How 


FIRST    STEPS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET. 


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prettv  the    red    roses    are,    and  the 

o-roen  grass  is  pretty  too, 

f?^  and  tffe  trees  covered  all 

over   with   leaves.      The 

birds  fly  about  among 

the  trees  and  flowers. 

Once  I  went   to   a 

house  in  the  country. 

It  had  a  porch  around 

v^  it.     There  was 

If^""     ^  a  honeysuckle 


growing  over  the 
porch.     I  looked 
in    among    the  ^^^^ 
leaves,  and  there         ^t 
I  saw  some  dry  grass 
and    little    sticks    all 
twisted   together.      It 
was  a  bird's  nest. 

The  bird  was  sitting 
on  the  nest.  I  could 
see  its  little  bill  and  its 


shining  black  eyes 


and   its  red  breast.      It  was  a  r()l)in. 


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FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Presently  it  flew  away.  Then  I  saw  three 
little  young  birds  in  the  nest.  Very  soon 
their  mother  came  back.  She  had  a  worm 
in  her  mouth,  and  she  fed  the  little  robins 
with  it.  Little  birds  love  worms  as  much  as 
little  boys  love  bread  and  butter. 

And  I  saw  another 
bird ;  it  was  very  small, 
hardly  any  bigger  than 
your  little  finger.  It 
was  called  a  humming- 
bird, because  it  made 
a  humming  noise  when 
it  was  flying. 

Then  I  saw  a  big 
bird  called  an  eagle. 
A  man  had  sliot  it 
I  with  his  gun.  He  was 
in  a  wagon  driving 
along  the  road,  and  he  stopped  his  wagon  and 
held  up  the  eagle  for  me  to  see  it. 

It  had  sharp,  crooked  claws  on  its  feet. 
When  it  was  alive  it  was  so  strong  that  it 
could  pick  up  a  little  lamb  or  a  little  pig 
and  flv  awav   with  it. 


EAGLE  AND    HUMMING-BIED. 


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FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Ducks  and  geese  are  birds  too.  Tliey  love 
to  swim  on  the  water.  God  made  them  all. 
He  made  the  robin  and  the  little  hiimmino- 

bird  and  the  big  eagle, 
and  all  the  other  birds, 
and  he  taught  them 
how  to  build  their  nests. 


DUCKS   AND  GEESE. 


If  I  should  give  you  some  dry  grass  and 
little  sticks,  and  tell  you  to  make  a  nest  out 
of  them,  you  could  not  make  so  nice  a  nest 
as  the  little  birds  can.  But  then  the  little 
birds  cannot  go  to  school  and  learn  to  read 
as  you  can. 

What  else  do  we  see  up  in  the  sky  besides  the  sun, 
the  iiiooii,  and  the  stars? 


FIRST    STlil'S    Foil    IJTTLH    FEET.  15 

What  oonies  down  I'roni  the  clouds? 

^^'ll(>  iiKide  the  clouds  and  the  snow  and  the  rain? 

Alter  the  snow  has  all  gone,  Avhat  eonies  in  the 
spring  ? 

What  did  I  see  in  a  honeysuckle  vine? 

What  was  sitting  on  the  nest? 

What  did  I  see  in  the  nest  when  the  robin  flew 
away  ? 

When  the  robin  came  back,  what  had  she  in  her 
mouth  ? 

What  did  she  do  with  the  Avorm  ? 

How  much  do  little  birds  love  to  eat  worms? 

What  other  bird  did  I  see  that  was  very  small, 
hardly  any  bigger  than  your  little  finger  ? 

Whv  is  it  called  the  huiiuning-bird  ? 

What  big  bird  did  I  see  with  sharp,  crooked  cla\\4S 
on  its  feet  ? 

When  the  eagle  was  alive  what  could  it  pick  up  in 
its  sharp  claws  and  fly  away  with  ? 

What  do  ducks  and  geese  love  to  do? 

A\'ho  made  all  the  1)irds,  and  taught  them  to  build 
their  nests  ? 

If  I  should  give  you  some  grass  and  some  little 
sticks,  could  you  build  as  nice  a  nest  as  the  birds 
can? 

But  Avhat  can  vou  do  that  the  birds  cannot  do  ? 


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FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


3-  And   God   made   the   animals.      Some 
animals  are  wild,  and  live  out  in  the  woods, 


WOLVES   AND    BEAKS. 


like  wolves  and  bears.  And  some  animals 
are  tame,  like  horses  and  cows  and  sheep. 
Tame  animals  do  not  live  out  in  the  woods. 
They  stay  where  men  can  take  care  of  them. 
The  horse  works  for  the  man  who  takes  care 
of  him.  He  pulls  his  wagon  and  he  pulls  his 
plough.  The  cow  gives  the  man  nice  milk  for 
taking  care  of  her,  and  the  sheep  gives  him 
wool. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


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HORSE,   COW,    AND  SHEEP. 


Wool  grows  on  the  sheep's  back.  INIen  take 
big  scissors,  called  shears,  and  cut  tlie  wool  off 
of  the  sheep's  back,  and  they  make  clothes  out 
of  it.  Your  warm  clothes  that  you  wear  in 
winter  are  made  out  of  wool  that  grew  on 
the  sheep's  back. 


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FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Lions  and  tigers  are  wild  animals.     They 
are  very  fierce,  and  can  kill  people,  but  they 


LION   AND  TIGER. 


do  not  live  in  this  country  where  we  live. 
They  live  in  countries  far  away  from  here. 
We  often  see  pictures  of  them,  and  some- 
times we  see  them  alive  when  men  have  them 
to  show.  But  the  men  have  to  keep  them  in 
very  strong  cages,  so  that  they  cannot  get  out 
and  hurt  us. 


Who  made  the  animals? 

Where  do  the  wild  animals  live? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOE    LITTLE    FEET.  19 


Do  the  tnmo  aiiinmis  live  out  in  tlic  woods? 

Do  men  have  to  take  care  of  the  tiime  animals? 

What  (h>es  tlie  horse  do  for  the  man  who  takes 
care  of  him  ? 

\\'hat  does  the  cow  give  the  man  who  takes  care 
of  her? 

"What  grows  on  the  sheep's  back  ? 

What  do  the  men  make  out  of  the  wool  that  grows 
on  the  sheep's  back  ? 

Are  lions  and  tigers  very  fierce  animals  ? 

Do  they  live  in  this  country  where  we  live  ? 

Do  men  sometimes  bring  them  here  to  show  ? 

Why  do  the  men  have  to  keep  them  shut  up  in 
very  strong  cages? 


^,'.i^%3- 


20  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


4.  AxD  God  made  the  fishes.  They  live 
under  the  water.  They  do  not  have  wings 
to  fly  with,  like  the  birds,  or  feet  to  walk 
with,  like  the  animals.  They  have  fins  to 
swim  with.  Some  of  the  fishes  are  very 
small;  you  can  hold  them  in  your  hand. 
They  could  not  hurt  you,  but  you  could  easily 
hurt  them. 

But  there  are  some  fishes  that  are  very 
large  and  strong  and  fierce.  They  have 
great  mouths,  with  sharp  teeth  in  them,  and 
sometimes  they  eat  up  men.  These  fierce 
fishes  are  called  sharks ;  they  live  in  the  sea. 

And  there  are  a  great  many  other  kinds 
of  fishes  that  you  and  I  never  saw,  because 
they  are  hidden  under  the  water.  They  are 
swimming  about  there  all  the  ♦time,  in  the 
ponds  and  in  the  rivers  and  in  the '  ocean. 
God  made  the  fishes  to  live  in  the  water. 
If  we  take  them  out  of  the  water  they  die. 

Who  made  the  fishes? 

A\'here  do  the  fishes  live  ? 

What  do  they  have  to  swim  with  ? 

Are  there  some  large  fierce  fishes  tlnit  can  eat  men? 

What  are  they  called  ? 


.iliiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiili'iiiiiiiiiiiiiik 


22 


FIKST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Are  there  a  great  many  other  kinds  of  fishes  that 
^ye  never  see  ? 

Where  did  God  make  the  fishes  to  live  ? 

If  we  take  them  out  of  the  water,  what  happens 
to  them  ? 


Butterflies  are  insects.  They  are  very 
4^.  pretty ;  they  have 
hirge  wings  w4th 
bright  colors  on 
them.  Some  of 
them  have  red 
wings,  some  yel- 
lowy and  some 
blue.  They  fly 
about  the  fields 
and  the  woods  in 
^§  the  summer-time. 
The  bee  is  not 
so  pretty  as  the 
butterfly,  but  it 
is  more  useful,  because  it  makes  honey.  It 
lives  in  a  little  house  that  men  make  for  it. 
This  house  is  called  a  hive.     Early,  before  you 


tO*>>;K'«?*-"  .«i;^ 


la-TTERFLY. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


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are  awako,  in  the  morning,  it  comes  out  of  its 

hive  and  flies  away  to  the  flowers. 

It  finds  drops  of  honey  in  the  flowers,  and 

it  takes  the  honey  and  carries  it  back  to  the 

hive,  and  puts  it  away 
there.  The  bee  goes  on 
doing  this  until  its  hive 
4,  is  full  of  honey.  Then 
men  come  and  get  the 
honey  out  of  the  hive, 
and  they  take  it  home 
with  them,  because  it 
is  nice  and  sweet  to 
eat. 


God  made 
the  butterfly 
and  the  bee 
and  all  the 
other  little 
insects.  There 
is  one  little 
insect  that 
flies  about  at 
night,     and 


^.'HJ* 


24  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


makes  a  bright  light  wherever  it  goes,  just  as 
if  it  were  carrying  a  little  lamp  with  it.  It 
is  named  the  firefly. 


What  are  butterflies  called  ? 

What  are  some  of  the  colors  on  butterflies'  wings  ? 

^^  here  do  they  fly  about  in  the  summer-time  ? 

Is  the  little  bee  as  pretty  as  the  butterfly  ? 

Why  is  it  more  useful  ? 

What  is  the  name  of  the  little  house  that  the  bee 
lives  in  ? 

What  does  the  bee  find  in  the  flowers  ? 

What  does  it  do  with  the  honey  ? 

Is  honey  good  to  eat  ? 

Who  made  the  butterfly  and  the  bee  and  all  the 
other  little  insects? 

What  does  the  firefly  do  ? 


6.  One  day,  as  I  was  walking  along  the 
street,  I  saw  a  strange-looking  man.  His 
clothes  were  different  from  our  clothes,  and 
his  shoes  were  different  from  our  shoes,  and 
his  face  looked  different  from  other  people's 
faces. 


26  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 

I  will  tell  you  why  he  looked  so  different 
from  us  :  he  came  from  another  country,  a 
great  way  from  here.  If  you  wanted  to  go 
to  the  country  where  that  man  came  from, 
you  could  not  go  in  a  carriage,  or  even  in  a 
railroad-car.  You  would  have  to  get  in  a  big 
ship  and  sail  away  over  the  sea. 

After  you  had  sailed  a  great  many  days 
and  nights  you  would  come  to  the  country 
where  that  strange-looking  man  lived.  And 
when  you  got  out  of  the  ship  and  walked  on 
the  land,  you  would  see  a  great  many  more 
men  who  looked  like  him. 

God  made  all  those  men.  He  made  all  the 
men  and  women  and  little  children  in  the 
world.  And  he  made  you  and  me.  We 
ought  to  love  God,  because  he  is  our  heavenly 
Father,  who  made  us  and  is  very  kind  to  us. 


What  sort  of  a  looking  man  did  I  meet  one  day? 

Did  his  clothes  look  like  other  people's  clothes,  or 
his  face  like  other  people's  faces  ? 

Why  did  this  man  look  so  different  from  other 
persons  ? 

If  YOU  wanted  to  go  to  the  country  that  he  came 
from,  how  would  you  have  to  go? 


28  FIEST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 

When  you  got  there  would  you  see  a  great  many 
more  men  that  looked  like  the  one  I  met  in  the 
street  ? 

Who  made  all  the  men  and  women  and  little  chil- 
dren in  the  world? 

Why  ought  Ave  to  love  God? 

7.  And  God  made  the  angels.  The  angels 
do  not  live  in  this  world  w^here  we  live ;  they 
live  up  in  heaven  with  God.  They  are  very- 
good,  and  never  do  w  rong ;  they  do  only  those 
things  that  God  tells  them  to  do.  Sometimes 
God  sends  the  angels  down  to  this  world. 

I  w^ant  to  tell  you  a  story  about  an  angel. 
Once  there  w^as  a  little  boy  named  Ishmael. 
His  mother  was  named  Hagar.  And  Hagar, 
the  little  boy's  mother,  had  to  go  away  from 
her  home.     Ishmael's  father  sent  her  away. 

So  she  took  Ishmael  and  w^ent  out  into  the 
wilderness  :  that  means  out  into  the  fields  and 
woods  wdiere  nobody  lived.  It  was  very  w^arm 
in  that  country;  the  sun  shone  very  bright 
and  hot  there.  And  the  little  boy  Ishmael 
wanted  some  water  to  drink,  but  his  mother 
had  none  to  give  him. 


FIRST    STEP8    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


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HAGAK   IS  SENT   AWAY. 


And  because  he  could  not  get  any  water  to 
drink  he  was  very  sick,  and  was  going  to  die. 
Then  his  mother  laid  him  under  a  bush  in  the 


30  FIRST    STEPS    FOE    LITTLE    FEET. 


shade,  because  it  was  not  so  hot  in  the  shade 
as  it  was  in  the  sun. 

And  after  Hagar  had  laid  him  in  the  shade 
she  w^ent  a  httle  way  off,  where  she  could  not  see 
him,  for  she  did  not  want  to  see  her  little  boy 
die.     And  she  cried  because  she  Avas  troubled. 

And  God  sent  an  angel  down  from  heaven, 
and  the  angel  came  and  sj^oke  to  Hagar,  and 
asked  wdiat  ailed  her.  And  the  angel  told  her 
not  to  cry,  but  to  take  Ishmael  up  and  hold 
him  in  her  arms.  Then  the  angel  showed 
Hagar  where  some  water  was  coming  up  out 
of  the  ground. 

And  Hagar  took  some  of  the  water  and 
gave  it  to  her  little  boy  Ishmael  to  drink. 
And  he  got  w^ell  and  strong,  and  afterward  he 
grew  up  to  be  a  man.  And  he  lived  out  in 
the  wilderness,  and  used  to  shoot  with  a  bow 
and  arrow. 

AVho  live  up  iu  heaven  with  God  ? 
Are  the  angels  very  good  ? 
Do  they  always  do  what  God  tells  them  to  do  ? 
Does  God  ever  send  them  down  to  this  world  ? 
What   was   the    name   of   the    little    boy    in   this 
story? 


32  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Did  his  mother  take  Ishmael  out  into  the  wilder- 
ness ? 

AAliat  does  "  the  wilderness  "  mean  ? 

Was  it  very  hot  in  that  country  ? 

What  made  Ishmael  sick  ? 

Where  did  his  mother  lay  him  when  she  thouo:ht 
he  Avas  going  to  die  ? 

Why  did  she  leave  him  and  go  a  little  way  off, 
where  she  could  not  see  him  ? 

Whom  did  God  send  down  from  heaven  to  speak 
to  Hagar? 

What  did  the  angel  show  Hagar  that  was  coming 
up  out  of  the  ground  ? 

AVhat  did  Hagar  do  with  the  water? 

Did  Ishmael  get  well  after  that,  and  grow  up  to 
be  a  man  ? 

AVhere  did  he  live? 

What  did  he  use  to  shoot  with  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  33 

8.  IjET  me  tell  you  another  story  about  an 
angel.  Once  there  was  a  great  king.  A  king 
is  a  man  that  everybody  has  to  mind.  And 
this  king  I  am  telling  you  about  had  some 
lions.  He  kept  them  in  a  den ;  that  means 
a  place  where  they  were  shut  up,  so  that  they 
could  not  get  out  and  hurt  any  one  with  their 
great  teeth  and  claws. 

And  there  Avas  a  very  good  man  named 
Daniel  in  that  country.  But  there  were  some 
bad  men  too,  who  wanted  to  hurt  Daniel.  So 
they  went  to  the  king  and  asked  him  to  let 
them  put  Daniel  in  the  lions'  den. 

Now,  the  king  did  not  want  them  to  do 
this,  but  they  persuaded  him  until  he  let 
them  do  it.  So  the  bad  men  took  Daniel 
and  put  him  in  the  lions'  den.  Then  they 
rolled  a  great  stone  to  the  door  of  the  den, 
so  that  Daniel  could  not  get  out,  and  they 
left  him  there  alone  with  the  lions. 

After  they  had  done  this  the  king  was 
very  sorry,  and  he  went  home  to  his  house. 
But  he  could  not  sleep  all  night,  because  he 
was  thinking  about  Daniel. 

The   next  morning  he   got   up  very  early 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEi:T.  35 


and  went  in  haste  to  the  den  of  lions.  And 
he  caUed  out  witli  a  sad  voiee,  Daniel,  for 
the  kini^-  was  afraid  that  Daniel  was  killed. 
But  Daniel  heard  him  in  the  lions'  den,  and 
he  answered  the  king  and  told  him  that  he 
was  not  hurt. 

God  had  sent  an  angel,  Daniel  said,  and 
the  angel  stayed  with  him  in  the  den,  and 
would  not  let  the  lions  hurt  him.  Then  the 
king  was  very  glad,  and  he  told  his  servants 
to  take  Daniel  up  out  of  the  den. 

And  they  took  him  up,  and  found  that  he 
was  not  hurt  at  all,  because  the  angel  had 
taken  care  of  him.  Let  us  be  good  and  mind 
God  like  Daniel,  and  then  perhaps  God  will 
send  an  angel  to  take  care  of  us  if  wicked 
people  should  want  to  do  us  harm. 


What  did  the  king:  in  this  story  have? 

Where  did  he  keep  the  lions  ? 

Why  did  he  keep  them  in  the  den  ? 

What  was  the  name  of  a  good  man  who  lived  in 
that  country  ? 

What  did  some  bad  men  want  the  king  to  let 
them  do  to  Daniel  ? 


36  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Did  the  king  -want  them  to  put  Daniel  in  the 
lions'  den  ? 

Did  the  bad  men  persuade  him  until  he  let  them 
do  it  ? 

How  did  they  shut  up  the  den  after  they  had  put 
Daniel  into  it? 

HoAv  did  the  king  feel  after  he  had  let  them  do 
this  to  Daniel  ? 

Could  he  sleep  when  he  went  home  to  his  house 
that  night  ? 

Where  did  he  go  early  the  next  morning  ? 

Whom  did  he  call  Avhen  he  came  to  the  lions' 
den? 

Did  Daniel  hear  him  calling  ? 

Wliom  had  God  sent  to  be  with  Daniel  in  the 
lions'  den  ? 

And  what  had  the  angel  kept  the  lions  from  do- 
ing? 

Was  the  king  very  glad  when  he  heard  this? 

W^hat  did  he  tell  his  servants  to  do  ? 

W^hen  they  took  Daniel  up  out  of  the  lions'  den, 
was  he  hurt  at  all  ? 

If  we  are  good  and  mind  God  like  Daniel,  what, 
perhaps,  may  God  do  for  us? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  37 

9.  The  angels  live  up  in  heaven  with  God. 
And  God's  Son  lives  up  in  heaven  too.  His 
name  is  Jesus.  A  great  while  ago  God  sent 
his  Son  Jesus  down  to  this  world  where  we 
live.  I  want  you  to  listen  while  I  tell  you 
about  it. 

In  a  country  very  far  away  from  here  there 
was  a  city.  A  city  is  a  place  where  there  are 
a  great  many  houses  and  a  great  many  j^eople. 
The  city  I  am  telling  you  about  was  named 
Bethlehem. 

One  day  a  young  woman  named  Mary  came 
to  Betlilehem.  Her  husband  was  named  Jo- 
seph. Mary  and  Joseph  did  not  live  in  Beth- 
leiiem ;  it  was  not  their  home.  They  came 
there  to  stay  only  a  little  while,  so  they  went 
to  a  house  called  an  inn,  where  persons  used 
to  go  to  sleep. 

But  the  inn  was  full  of  people.  The  man 
at  the  inn  said  there  was  no  room  for  them. 
Then  Mary  and  Joseph  went  into  the  stable 
to  sleep. 

A  stable,  you  know,  is  a  place  where  horses 
and  cows  are  kept.  There  is  a  place  in  the 
stable  for  horses  to  lie  down,  and   there  is  a 


THEKE  IS  NO  ROOM  FOR  THEM   AT  THE  INN. 


Filler    STEl'S    rOK    LITTLE    FEET.  39 


place  for  them  to  eat  out  of.  The  phice  that 
horses  eat  out  of  is  called  a  maiiger. 

Little  children  eat  out  of  plates,  but  horses  eat 
out  of  mangers.  When  a  man  feeds  his  horse 
he  pours  some  corn  into  the  manger.  Then  the 
horse  puts  his  mouth  down  into  the  manger 
and  eats  up  the  corn.  And  there  was  a  man- 
ger in  the  stable  where  Mary  and  Joseph 
had  come. 

But  now  it  was  night ;  it  was  not  the  time 
to  put  corn  in  the  manger  for  the  horses  to 
eat.  But  the  manger  was  not  empty.  No, 
if  you  had  been  there  and  looked  into  it  you 
would  have  seen  a  little  baby  in  the  manger. 

This  baby  was  named  Jesus,  and  Jesus  was 
God's  Son.  God  had  sent  Jesus  to  Mary. 
And  Mary  had  no  nice  bed  or  cradle  to  lay 
her  baby  in  there  in  the  stable.  So  when 
she  had  wraj^ped  some  clothes  around  him 
she  laid  him  in  the  manger  for  his  cradle. 

Where  do  the  angels  live? 
And  who  else  lives  uj)  in  heaven  with  God? 
Did  Jesus  ever  eonie  down  to  this  world  ? 
What  was  the  name  of  tlie  eitv  he  eame  to? 


MARY   LAYS  JICSUS  IN   THE  MANUEK. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  41 


What  was  his  mother's  name? 

And  what  lier  husband's  name? 

Did  INIaiy  and  Joseph  live  in  Bethlehem,  or  did 
they  come  there  to  stay  only  a  little  while  ? 

"What  house  did  they  go  to  when  they  first  came  to 
Bethlehem  ? 

Why  could  they  not  stay  at  the  inn? 

Where  did  they  go  then  to  sleep? 

What  do  men  keep  in  a  stable? 

Is  tliere  a  place  in  the  stable  for  horses  tc  eat  out 
of? 

"What  do  we  call  that  place? 

Was  it  time  now  to  put  corn  in  the  manger  for  the 
horses  to  eat? 

Was  the  manger  empty,  then  ? 

If  you  had  been  there  and  looked  into  it,  what 
would  you  have  found? 

\^'hat  Avas  this  baby's  name  ? 

Who  had  sent  Jesus  to  INIary  ? 

Had  Mary  any  nice  bed  or  cradle  to  lay  her  baby 
in  there  in  the  stable  ? 

When  she  had  wrapped  some  clothes  around  him 
where  did  she  lay  him? 


42 


FIEST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


10.  In  that  country  the  jieDple  used  to 
have  a  great  many  sheep.  These  sheep  stayed 
out  in  the  fields  to  eat  the  grass.     But  some- 


WOLVES  KILLING  SHEEP. 


times  wild  beasts,  such  as  bears  and  wolves, 
came  into  the  fields  and  killed  the  sheep,  so 
that  men  had  to  stay  with  them  to  take  care 
of  them. 

The  men  who  stayed  with  the  sheep  were 
called  shepherds.  They  stayed  Avith  the  sheep 
in  the  day,  and  in  the  night  too,  for  the  night 
was  the  time  when  the  wild  l^easts  came  to 
kill  the  sheep. 


44  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


On  the  night  that  Jesus  was  born  some 
she23herds  were  out  in  the  field  taking  care 
of  their  sheep.  And  an  angel  came  down 
from  heaven  and  spoke  to  them.  When  the 
shepherds  saw  the  angel  they  were  afraid,  for 
I  suppose  they  had  never  seen  an  angel  be- 
fore. 

But  the  angel  told  them  not  to  be  afraid, 
for  he  had  come  to  tell  them  good  news. .  A 
little  child  had  been  born,  he  said,  to  be  their 
Saviour.  The  angel  meant  Jesus,  and  he 
called  Jesus  the  Saviour. 


What  did  the  people  use  to  have  a  great  many  of 
in  that  country  ? 

Where  did  the  sheep  stay  ? 

Why  did  men  have  to  stay  out  in  the  field  to  take 
care  of  them  ? 

What  were  the  men  called  who  took  care  of  the 
sheep  ? 

Did  they  stay  with  the  sheep  in  the  day,  and  in  the 
night  too  ? 

On  the  night  that  Jesus  ^vas  born  who  came  down 
from  heaven  and  spoke  to  some  shepherds  out  in  the 
field  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


45 


How  did  the  shepherds  feel  when  they  saw  the 
ang-el  ? 

Did  the  angel  say  he  had  come  to  tell  them  good 
news  ? 

What  little  child  did  he  say  had  been  born  ? 

What  did  the  angel  call  Jesus"? 


46 


FIRST    STEPS    Foil    LITi'LE    FEET. 


11.  I  WANT  to  tell  you  why  the  angel  called 
Jesus  the  Saviour.  Suppose  you  were  fast 
asleep  in  your  bed  at  night,  and  the  house 
where  you  lived  should  get  on  fire.  You 
would  not  know  it,  but  the  fire  would  be 
burning  more  and  more,  and  coming  nearer 
and  nearer  to  your  room  and  to  your  bed,  and 
very  soon  it  would  burn  you. 


SAVED   FROM   THE  FIRE. 


But  suppose  that  just  then  a  strong  man 
should  come  into  your  room  ;  he  would  run 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    IvIOICT. 


47 


to  your  bed  and  pick  you  u[)  and  hold  you  in 
his  arms,  and  carry  you  out  of  the  house  to  a 
safe  ])laee,  so  tliat  you  would  not  be  burned  at 
all.  That  man  would  save  you  from  the  fire, 
would  he  not? 

Or  suppose  you  were  out  in  the  woods  all 
alone,  and  you  heard  a  sound  in  the  bushes 
near  you.  You  looked,  and  there  you  saw  a 
fierce  beast,  a  lion  or  a  bear.  You  could  not 
run  away  from  it,  because  the  bear  could  run 
faster  than  you.     It  was  coming  toward  you. 


^^  ^y"^ 


14^ 


tjAVEU   KKOM   THK   HKAR. 


48  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


nearer  every  minute,  and  you  knew  that  very 
soon  it  would  catch  you. 

But  suppose  that,  just  as  it  reached  you, 
you  heard  a  gun  go  off,  and  the  bear  fell 
down  dead.  A  man  who  was  in  the  woods 
had  seen  it  coming  after  you,  and  he  shot  it 
and  killed  it.  That  man  would  save  you 
from  the  bear,  would  he  not? 

And  Jesus  came  down  from  heaven  to  save 
us,  not  from  a  burning  house  or  a  fierce  bear, 
but  he  came  to  save  us  from  our  sins. 

Our  sins  are  the  bad  things  we  do.  And 
Jesus  came  to  save  us  from  doing  those  bad 
things,  and  to  save  us  from  being  punished 
for  them  after  we  die.  That  is  the  reason  we 
call  him  our  Saviour. 

What  did  the  angel  call  Jesus  ? 

Did  Jesus  come  down  from  heaven  to  save  us  from 
a  burning  house  or  from  a  fierce  wild  beast  ? 

Did  he  come  to  save  us  from  our  sins  ? 

What  are  our  sins  ? 

Did  Jesus  come  to  save  us  from  doing  those 
bad  things? 

And  did  he  come  to  save  us  from  being  punished 
for  them  after  we  die  ? 

What  do  we  call  him  for  this  ? 


50  FIRST    STEPS    FOE,    LITTLE    FEET. 


12.  Aftek  the  angel  had  told  the  shej^- 
herds  that  Jesus  was  born  he  said  they 
could  see  Jesus  if  they  would  go  to  Bethle- 
hem ;  they  would  find  him  in  a  stable  lying 
in  a  manger. 

Then  the  shepherds  said  to  one  another, 
Let  us  go  and  see  this  little  child  that  God 
has  sent  his  angel  to  tell  us  about.  So  the 
shepherds  left  their  sheep  and  made  haste  to 
Bethlehem. 

And  they  came  into  the  stable,  and  there 
they  saw  Jesus  lying  in  the  manger,  and 
they  were  glad  when  they  saw  him.  Afterward 
they  went  back  to  their  sheep  in  the  field,  and 
as  they  went  they  told  all  the  people  what  the 
angel  had  said  to  them  about  Jesus. 


Where  did  the  angels  say  the  shepherds  could  see 
Jesus  ? 

Did  they  go  to  Bethlehem  and  find  him  lying  in 
the  manger? 

Were  they  glad  when  they  saw  Jesus? 

What  did  they  tell  all  the  people  as  they  were  go- 
ing back  to  their  sheep  in  the  field? 


52  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


13.  And  some  other  men  came  to  see  Jesus 
in  Bethlehem.  They  were  called  "  wise  men." 
These  wise  men  knew  a  great  deal  about  the 
stars.  Sometimes  they  used  to  stay  up  all 
night  looking  at  the  stars,  trying  to  learn 
all  about  them. 

One  night  when  they  were  looking  up  at 
the  sky  they  saw  a  new  star  that  was  differ- 
ent from  all  the  stars  they  had  ever  seen  be- 
fore. God  had  sent  that  star  for  the  wise  men 
to  see,  so  they  might  know  that  Jesus  was 
born. 

And  as  soon  as  they  knew  that  Jesus  was 
born  they  wanted  to  see  him.  So  they  thought 
they  would  go  and  find  him,  but  they  lived  a 
great  way  from  Bethlehem.  They  did  not 
know  where  Bethlehem  was,  and  how  should 
they  find  the  way?  I  will  tell  you.  God 
made  the  star  that  they  had  seen  up  in  the 
sky  move  along  before  them,  and  show  them 
the  way  to  Bethlehem. 

And  they  followed  the  star  and  came  to 
Bethlehem,  and  there  they  saw  Jesus.  And 
they  kneeled  down  on  the  ground  before  him 
and  worshipped    him.     Then    they  took    out 


THE  WISE  MEN   FOLLOW  THE  STAK. 


54  FIKST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


some  presents  they  Lad  brought  and  gave 
them  to  him.  Afterward  they  went  back  to 
their  own  home. 


Did  some  other  men  beside  the  shepherds  come 
to  see  Jesus  in  Bethlehem  ? 

AVhat  were  these  men  called  ? 

What  did  they  know  a  great  deal  about  ? 

One  night  when  they  were  looking  up  at  the  sky 
what  did  they  see  ? 

Who  had  sent  that  star  ? 

Why  did  God  send  that  star  for  the  wise  men  to 
see?     So  they  might  know  what? 

After  they  had  seen  the  star  did  they  want  to  see 
Jesus  ? 

Did  they  know  Avhere  Bethlehem  was? 

What  was  it  that  showed  them  the  way  there  ? 

When  they  saw  Jesus  did  they  kneel  down  and 
worship  him? 

What  did  they  take  out  and  give  to  him  ? 

After  that  where  did  the  wise  men  go  ? 


► 


56  FIRST    STEPS    FOE    LITTLE    FEET. 


14-.  Theee  was  a  king  in  that  country.  I 
told  you  that  the  king  was  the  man  that  every- 
body had  to  mind.  But  this  king  was  very 
wicked.  He  sent  some  men  to  Bethlehem  to 
kill  all  the  little  children  who  were  there.  He 
did  this  because  he  wanted  to  kill  Jesus.  And 
the  men  came  to  Bethlehem  and  killed  the  lit- 
tle children  there,  but  they  did  not  kill  Jesus. 


58  FIEST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


They  did  not  kill  Jesus,  because  God  sent  an 
angel  down  from  heaven  to  tell  Josej^h  that 
the  men  were  coming.  The  angel  came  to 
Joseph  while  he  was  asleep,  and  told  him  to 
make  haste  and  take  Jesus  and  Mary  away 
from  Bethlehem. 


60  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


So  Joseph  got  up  in  the  night  while  it  was 
dark,  when  no  one  could  see  him,  and  he  took 
the  child  Jesus  and  Mary  his  mother  and  went 
away  to  another  country,  where  the  king's  men 
could  not  find  liim. 

But  after  a  while  the  wicked  king  died,  and 
then  Joseph  brought  Jesus  and  Mary  back  to 
their  own  land.  And  they  came  to  a  city  called 
Nazareth,  and  Jesus  lived  in  Nazareth  till  he 
grew  up  to  be  a  man.  But  the  people  did  not 
know  he  was  God's  Son,  for  no  one  had  told 
them  this  yet. 


mm0B 


62  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Was  there  a  king  iu  that  country  ? 

Did  every  one  have  to  mind  the  king? 

Mliat  did  the  king  send  some  men  to  Bethlehem 
to  do? 

Why  did  he  send  men  to  kill  all  the  little  children 
in  Bethlehem  ? 

Did  the  men  go  to  Bethlehem  and  Idll  the  little 
children  there? 

Did  they  kill  Jesus  ? 

Who  had  told  Joseph  to  take  Jesus  away  ? 

Did  Joseph  mind  what  the  angel  said  ? 

Where  did  he  take  Jesus  and  Mary  his  mother  ? 

What  happened  to  the  wicked  king  after  a  while  ? 

Did  Joseph  bring  Jesus  and  Mary  back  to  their 
own  land  then  ? 

What  city  did  they  go  to  live  in  ? 

How  long  did  Jesus  live  in  Nazareth  ? 

Did  the  people  know  he  was  God's  Son  ? 

Why  did  they  not  know  this? 


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I 


64         FIRST  sti:ps  for  little  feet. 


15.  There  was  a  very  good  man  in  that 
country,  named  John  the  Baptist.  He  did 
not  live  in  the  city  where  other  people  lived, 
he  lived  out  in  the  wildernegs :  that  means 
out  in  the  fields  and  woods.  He  lived  there 
all  by  himself. 

John  wore  a  very  strange  coat,  it  was  made 
of  camel's  hair.  Camels  are  animals  that  live 
in  countries  where  it  Ls  very  warm.  Some- 
times there  is  very  little  water  to  drink  in 
those  countries,  and  camels  can  go  a  long  time 
without  drinking  any.  They  can  go  four  or 
five  days  without  a  drink  of  water,  and  all 
that  time  they  can  carry  heavy  loads  on  their 
backs. 

God  made  them  able  to  go  without  water  so 
that  they  could  work  for  the  men  who  live  in 
those  warm  countries. 

Camels  are  very  strange-looking  animals; 
they  have  long  necks  and  queer-looking  faces, 
and  great  humps  on  their  backs.  Their 
bodies  are  covered  with  hair.  The  people 
cut  this  hair  off  and  make  clothes  of  it. 
John  the  Baptist  wore  a  coat  that  was  made 
of  camel's  hair. 


06 


FIRST    STEPS    FOE    LITTLE    FEET. 


John  did  not  eat  bread  .such  as  we  eat ;  he 
ate  locusts  and  wikl  honey.  Locusts  are  in- 
sects soinething  like 
grasshoppers;  they 
have  wings  and  fly. 
There  are  a  great 
many  of  them  in  that 
country  where  Jolm  the  Baptist  lived.  The 
people  there  eat  them.  They  take  the  locusts 
and  roast  them  in  the  fire,  and  mix  a  little 
salt  with  them,  and  so  make  them  ready  to 
eat. 

John  used  to  eat  locusts,  and  he  ate  wild 
honey  too.  I  told  you  that  the  bees  made 
honey.  They  fly  away  to  the  flowers  and  take 
the  drops  of  honey  out  of  the  flowers,  and  car- 
ry it  to  their  little  houses,  called  hives,  and 
they  put  the  honey  away  there. 

There  were  bees  out  in  the  wilderness  where 
John  the  Baptist  lived.  But  they  were  w^ild 
bees,  and  they  had  no  hives  to  live  in  because 
there  was  nobody  out  in  the  wilderness  to 
make  hives  for  them.  So  when  they  found 
the  honey  they  took  it  to  holes  in  the  trees 
and  rocks,  and  put  it  away  there.     And  John 


JOHN   SPKAKS   TU   THE   PKOPI-K. 


68  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


the  Baptist  used  to  go  and  get  the  honey  out 
of  the  trees  and  rocks  and  eat  it. 

And  John  was  a  very  good  man ;  he  loved 
God  and  did  everything  God  told  him  to  do. 
And  now  God  told  John  he  must  go  away 
from  that  place  where  he  was  living  all  alone ; 
he  must  not  stay  there  any  longer.  He  must 
go  and  teach  the  people  about  Jesus  and  tell 
them  that  Jesus  was  God's  Son,  because  now 
the  time  had  come  for  the  people  to  be  told 
about  this. 

Then  John  went  to  a  place  near  a  river. 
There  was  a  great  deal  of  water  in  the  river ; 
it  was  called  the  river  Jordan.  And  a  great 
many  people  came  there  to  hear  what  John 
would  say.  And  John  told  the  people  that 
very  soon  they  would  see  Jesus,  and  John 
said  that  the  people  must  get  ready  for  Jesus 
to  come  to  them. 

And  how  were  they  to  get  ready  ?  Were 
they  to  put  on  their  best  clothes  ?  No,  that 
was  not  the  way.  The  way  to  get  ready  for 
Jesus  was  to  stop  doing  everything  that  was 
wrong,  and  not  to  do  wrong  any  more. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  69 

What  p;oo(l   man  lived  in  that  country? 

Did  John  live  in  the  city  where  other  people 
lived? 

What  was  his  coat  made  of? 

Do  camels  live  in  countries  where  it  is  very  warm  ? 

What  can  they  go  without  for  a  long  time  ? 

Who  made  them  able  to  go  without  water? 

AYhy  did  God  make  them  able  to  go  without  water  ? 

Are  camels  queer-looking  animals? 

What  are  their  bodies  covered  with  ? 

What  do  the  people  make  out  of  camels'  hair? 

What  did  John  the  Baptist  use  to  eat? 

What  are  locusts? 

Do  the  people  in  that  country  eat  them? 

AVhat  else  beside  locusts  did  John  eat? 

Where  did  he  get  the  honey  ? 

Was  John  a  very  good  man  ? 

Did  God  tell  him  he  must  go  and  teach  the  people 
about  Jesus  ? 

What  was  the  name  of  the  river  John  came  to? 

Did  many  persons  come  there  to  hear  what  he 
would  say  ? 

Did  John  tell  them  they  must  get  ready  for  Jesus 
to  come  ? 

Were  they  to  get  ready  by  putting  on  their  best 
clothes  ? 

How  were  they  to  get  ready  ? 


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FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


16.  AxD  the  i:)eople  minded  what  John 
said  to  them ;  they  stopped  doing  wrong,  and 
promised  not  to  do  so  any  more.     Then  John 


RIVER   JORDAN. 


took  the  people  down  into  the  river  Jordan, 
and  he  baptized  them  in  the  river. 

And  while  John  was  baptizing  the  people 
Jesus  came  there  and  asked  John  to  baptize 
him.  Then  John  took  Jesus  down  into  the 
river  and  baptized  him  too. 

After  Jesus  was  baptized  he  came  up  out  of 
the  water,  and  while  he  was  coming  a  very 
wonderful  thing  liappened.  He  heard  a  voice 
speaking  up  in  the  sky ;  it  was  God's  voice. 


FIKST    STEPS    FOli    LITTLE    FEJ:T.  71 


It  said  that  Jesus  was  God's  Son,  and  that 
all  the  people  must  mind  him. 

And  there  came  a  beautiful  bird  with  wings 
flying  down  from  heaven.  It  looked  like  a 
dove.  *It  eame  on  Jesus,  and  rested  on  him. 
But  it  was  not  really  a  dove  ;  it  was  the  Holy 
Spirit  that  looked  like  a  dove. 

Then  Jesus  went  out  into  the  wilderness, 
where  nobody  lived.  Only  the  wild  beasts 
were  there.  But  the  wikl  beasts  could  not 
hurt  Jesus,  because  he  was  the  Son  of  God, 
and  he  could  keej)  them  from  hurting  him. 

And  Jesus  stayed  out  in  the  lonely  wilder- 
ness with  the  wild  beasts  forty  days  and  forty 
nights.  And  all  that  time  he  did  not  eat  any 
bread  or  drink  any  water.  Afterward  he  was 
hungry. 

Did  th(>  people  mind  what  Jolin  said? 

Did  they  ])roinisc  not  to  do  wrong  any  more  ? 

What  did  John  do  to  the  people  when  he  had 
taken  them  down  with  him  into  the  river  Jor- 
dan ? 

While  John  Mas  btiptizing  the  people,  who  came 
and  asked  to  be  baptized  ? 

Did  John  hajitize  Jesns? 


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FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


As  Jesus  came  out  of  the  river  whose  voice  did  he 
hear  speaking  up  in  the  sky  ? 

AVhat  did  it  say  ? 

What  came  flying  down  from  heaven  ? 

Where  did  it  rest? 

Was  it  really  a  dove,  or  was  it  God's  Holy  Spirit 
in  the  shape  of  a  dove  ? 

Where  did  Jesus  go  to  after  he  was  baptized  ? 

How  long  did  he  stay  out  in  the  wilderness  ? 

Did  he  eat  any  bread  or  drink  any  w^ater  in  those 
forty  days  ? 

Was  he  hungry  afterward  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  73 


17.  AxD  now,  while  Jesus  was  out  in  the 
wilderness,  the  l)ad  Spirit  came  there.  His 
name  is  Satan.  He  came  to  try  and  make 
Jesus  do  wrong. 

Satan  knew  that  Jesus  was  hungry  and  that 
he  wanted  bread  to  eat ;  so  Satan  told  Jesus 
to  change  the  stones  that  were  lying  on  the 
ground  into  bread.  And  Jesus  could  easily 
have  changed  the  stones  into  bread,  but  he 
would  not  do  it,  because  that  would  be  mind- 
ing Satan. 

Then  Satan  took  Jesus  away  from  the 
wilderness  to  a  very  high  place  on  the  top 
of  a  beautiful  church  called  the  temple.  And 
Satan  told  Jesus  to  throw  himself  down  from 
that  high  place,  for  Satan  said  that  God  would 
send  some  angels  to  catch  him  while  he  was  fall- 
ing, so  that  he  would  not  be  hurt  when  he  fell. 

But  Jesus  would  not  do  this,  either,  to  mind 
Satan,  for  Jesus  knew  that  would  be  wrong. 

Then  Satan  took  Jesus  on  to  a  very  high  hill 
or  mountain,  and  he  showed  Jesus  a  great 
many  beautiful  countries  and  beautiful  cities 
from  that  high  mountain.  Jesus  could  see 
them  all  at  the  same  time. 


FIKST    STEPy    FOK    LITTLE    FEET. 


And  Satan  told  Jesus  that  if  he  would  only 
mind  him  he  should  have  all  those  beautiful 
countries  and  cities  for  his  own.  But  Jesus 
said  he  would  mind  God,  and  he  would  not 
mind  Satan,  for  God  says  in  the  Bible  that 
he  is  the  one  we  must  mind. 

AVhen  Satan  found  that  Jesus  would  not 
mind  him,  Satan  went  away  and  left  Jesus. 
And  then  some  good  angels  came  and  wait- 
ed on  Jesus,  and  j^erhaps  they  brought  him 
the  bread  that  he  wanted  so  much. 

Sometimes  Satan  comes  to  us  and  tries  to 
make  us  do  wrong.  AVe  cannot  see  him  when 
he  comes,  but  we  can  tell  he  is  near,  for  he 
makes  us  feel  as  if  we  wanted  to  do  wrong. 

But  when  we  feel  so  let  us  tell  Satan  that 
we  wdll  not  do  it.  Then  he  will  go  away  from 
us,  as  he  went  away  from  Jesus,  and  j)erhaps 
God  will  send  his  good  angels  to  help  us  and 
to  give  us  the  things  that  we  want. 

Who  came  out  in  the  wilderness  to  try  and  make 
Jesus  do  wrong  ? 

What  did  Satan  toll  Jesus  to  change  the  stones 
into  ? 


SATAN   TAKES   JESl'S   OX   THE  TOP   OF   THE   TKMPLK. 


76  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Could  Jesus  have  changed  the  stones  into  bread  ? 

But  would  he  do  it  to  mind  Satau  ? 

AVhen  Satan  took  Jesus  up  to  a  high  place  on  the 
temple  what  did  he  want  him  to  do? 

AVho  did  Satan  say  would  come  and  catch  Jesus  to 
keep  him  from  being  hurt  when  he  fell  ? 

Did  Jesus  throw  himself  down  from  the  top  of  the 
temple  ? 

AMiat  did  Satan  show  Jesus  from  the  top  of  the 
high  mountain? 

Did  Satan  promise  to  give  all  these  cities  and 
countries  to  Jesus  if  he  would  mind  him  ? 

But  who  did  Jesus  say  he  would  mind  ? 

What  book  tells  us  we  must  mind  God  ? 

When  Satan  found  that  Jesus  would  not  mind  him, 
did  he  go  away  and  leave  him  ? 

Who  came  then  and  waited  on  Jesus  ? 

What,  perhaps,  did  the  angels  bring  him  that  he 
wanted  very  much  ? 

Does  Satan  ever  come  to  us  and  try  to  make  us  do 
wrong  ? 

Can  we  see  him  when  he  comes  ? 

How,  then,  can  we  tell  he  is  near  us  ? 

What  should  we  say  to  him  when  he  tries  to  make 
us  do  wrong  ? 

Will  he  go  away  from  us  if  we  answer  him  so  ? 

And  will  God  send  his  angels,  perhaps,  to  help 
us  then  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  77 

18.  'Ik^us  came  to  a  city.  I  told  you  that 
a  city  is  a  place  where  there  are  a  great  many 
houses  and  a  great  many  people.  The  city 
that  Jesus  came  to  Avas  named  Cana,  There 
was  a  man  in  that  city  who  had  just  been 
married,  and  this  man  made  a  feast  for  the 
])ersons  who  should  come  to  his  house  Nice 
food  was  put  on  the  table  for  them  to  eat, 
and  wine  for  them  to  drink. 

Wine  is  made  out  of  grapes.  A  great 
many  grapes  used  to  grow  in  that  country, 
and  the  people  made  wine  out  of  them.  And 
now  the  man  who  had  been  married  put  some 
wine  on  his  table  for  the  persons  who  should 
come  to  his  feast. 

But  so  many  persons  came  that  they  drank 
up  all  the  wine,  and  when  they  wanted  more 
there  was  no  more  for  them. 

Then  Jesus  told  the  servants  who  waited 
-  on  the  table  to  bring  in  some  water,  and  to 
pour  the  water  into  some  large  pitchers  or 
jars  that  were  in  the  room.  There  were  six 
large  jars  standing  on  the  floor  of  the  room 
where  they  had  the  feast. 

So  the  servants  brought  in  water  and  filled 


78  FIRST    STKPS    FOB    LITTJ.E    FEET. 

the  jars  full  up  to  the  top.  Tlien  Jesus  told 
them  to  take  out  some  of  the  water  and  give 
it  to  the  man  who  sat  at  the  head  of  the 
table. 

And  the  servants  took  some  of  the  water 
in  a  cup  and  handed  it  to  the  man,  and  the 
man  tasted  it,  and  he  found  that  it  was  not 
water  now ;  it  was  wine.  Jesus  had  made 
the  water  in  the  jars  change  into  wine. 

He  did  not  touch  it  or  j)ut  anything  into 
it ;  he  only  told  the  water  to  be  wine,  and  the 
water  minded  him  and  changed  into  wine. 
For  everything  must  mind  Jesus,  because  he 
is  the  Son  of  God. 

When  Jesus  changed  the  water  into  wine, 
that  was  a  miracle.  You  cannot  do  a  miracle 
and  I  cannot  do  a  miracle,  but  Jesus  can  do 
miracles,  because  he  is  God's  Son,  and  he  can 
do  the  same  things  that  God  can  do. 


Can  you  remember  the  name  of  the  city  that  Jesus 
came  into? 

Had  a  man  just  been  married  in  Cana? 

What  did  this  man  make  for  his  friends  ? 

What  did  he  put  on  the  table  for  them  to  drink  ? 


80  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Did  the  people  drink  up  all  the  wine  and  Avaut 
more  ? 

How  many  large  pitchers  or  jars  were  standing  on 
the  floor  of  the  room  where  they  had  the  feast  ? 

What  did  Jesus  tell  the  servants  to  fill  the  jai-s 
with  ? 

After  they  had  filled  the  jars  who  did  they  give 
some  of  the  water  to  ? 

When  the  man  at  the  head  of  the  table  had  tasted 
it  what  did  he  find  ? 

Who  had  changed  the  water  into  wine  ? 

When  Jesus  did  this,  what  was  it  ? 

Can  you  or  I  do  miracles  ? 

Why  could  Jesus  do  miracles  ? 


19.  I  TOLD  you  about  John  the  Baptist,  who 
wore  the  coat  made  of  camel's  liair  and  who 
ate  locusts  and  wild  honey.  He  was  the  one 
who  told  the  people  about  Jesus,  that  Jesus 
was  God's  Son. 

There  w^as  a  king  in  the  country  where 
John  lived.  This  king's  name  was  Herod, 
and  Herod  was  a  wicked  man.  He  took 
John  the  Baptist  and  put  him  in  prison,  and 
shut  him  uj)  there,  so  that  he  could  not  get  out. 


KASTEBN  DANCING-GIKL. 


82  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


While  John  was  in  prison  Herod's  birth- 
day came.  Then  Herod  made  a  great  feast 
and  asked  many  of  his  friends  to  come  to  it. 
So  they  came  into  the  king's  house  and  sat 
down  at  the  table  to  eat  of  the  feast. 

While  they  were  there  a  young  woman 
came  into  the  room.  Her  name  was  Salome, 
and  she  knew  how  to  dance  very  well.  And 
Salome  danced  for  King  Herod  and  his  friends 
who  were  eating  the  feast,  and  the  king  was 
so  much  pleased  with  her  beautiful  dancing 
that  he  promised  to  do  for  her  whatever  she 
asked  him  to  do. 

Then  Salome  went  home  to  her  house  where 
she  lived,  and  she  said  to  her  mother.  What 
shall  I  ask  the  king  to  do  for  me  ?  And  her 
wicked  mother  told  her  to  ask  the  king  to 
kill  good  John  the  Baptist, 

Then  Salome  went  back  to  the  king's  house, 
into  the  room  where  the  king  and  his  friends 
were  eating  the  feast,  and  she  told  the  king 
that  she  wanted  him  to  kill  John.  The  king- 
knew  it  would  be  wrong  to  do  this,  for  he 
knew  that  John  was  a  good  man  and  that 
he  did  not  deserve  to  be  killed. 


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84  FIEST    STEPS    FOE    LITTLE    FEET. 


Yet  to  please  Salome  and  her  wicked  mother   ^| 
he  sent  a  man  who  killed  John  in  the  j^rison. 
And  after  he  was  killed  some  good  men  who 
loved  John  came  and  took  up  his  dead  body 
and  carried  it  to  the  grave  and  buried  it.' 


What  was  the  name  of  the  king  in  that  country 
where  John  the  Baptist  lived  ? 

Where  did  Herod  shut  up  Jolm  the  Baptist? 

While  John  Mas  in  prison  wliose  birthday  came  ? 

What  did  Herod  have  on  his  birthday? 

What  Avas  the  name  of  the  woman  who  danced  in 
the  room  where  they  were  eating  the  feast? 

Did  King  Herod  promise  to  do  for  Salome  what- 
ever she  asked  him  to  do  ? 

What  did  her  mother  tell  her  to  ask  the  king  to 
do  for  her? 

Did  Herod  know  it  woukl  be  wrong  to  kill  John  ? 

Did  he  do  it,  then  ? 

What  did  some  grood  men  wlio  loved  John  do  with 
his  dead  body  ? 


86  FIRST    STEPS    roll    LITTLE    FEET. 


20,  Jesus  went  again  to  the  city  called 
Cana  where  he  had  changed  the  water  into 
wine.  There  was  a  rich  man  in  that  city,  and 
this  rich  man  had  a  son  who  was  very  sick. 
No  doctor  could  cure  him  and  no  medicine 
could  make  him  well,  and  his  father  was 
afraid  he  would  die. 

So  he  came  to  Jesus  and  begged  him  to 
make  his  son  well.  He  said,  Come  quickly, 
before  my  son  dies.  His  father  said  this 
because  he  thought  that  Jesus  could  not  cure 
his  son  until  he  went  to  his  home  and  saw 
him,  and  did  something  to  him  to  make  him 
well. 

But  Jesus  told  the  rich  man  to  go  back  to 
his  home,  for  his  son  should  get  well.  And 
the  man  believed  what  Jesus  said,  and  he 
went  back  to  his  home,  and  when  he  came 
near  to  the  house  some  one  came  out  and 
told  him  that  his  son  had  got  well. 

Jesus  had  cured  him  by  only  saying  he 
should  be  well.  For  as  soon  as  Jesus  said 
this  the  sickness  went  away  from  him  and 
he  was  well.  This  was  a  miracle,  like  chang- 
ing the  water  into  wine. 


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•XWV.  RICH  MAN    BEGS  JliSUS  TO   MAKK   HIS  SON   WELL. 


88  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


What  did   the   rich  man  ask  Jesus  to   do  to  his// 
son? 

Could  any  doctor  cure  him  or  any  medicine  make 
him  well? 

Did  the  rich  man  think  that  Jesus  must  come  to 
his  hoase  to  cure  his  son  ? 

But  Avhat  did  Jesus  say  to  him  ? 

AVhen  the  man  came  near  to  his  house,  what  did 
some  one  come  out  and  tell    him? 

Who  had  made  his  son  well  ? 

Had  Jesus  made  his  son  well  by  only  saving  he 
should  be  well  ? 

When  Jesus  did  this  what  was  it? 


21.  Jesus  came  to  the  city  of  Nazareth, 
where  he  used  to  live  with  Mary  his  mother 
when  he  was  a  little  child.  There  was  a 
church  in  Nazareth.  On  the  Sabbath-day 
Jesus  went  into  the  church,  and  a  good  many 
people  were  there.  And  Jesus  told  them  that 
God  had  sent  him  to  teach  them.  But  the 
people  were  wicked ;  they  would  not  believe 
that  God  had  sent  Jesus. 

They  were  angry  when  he  said  this,  and 
they  took  hold  of  him  and  led  him  out  of 


90  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


the  churcli  to  the  top  of  a  steep  hill  that 
was  near,  for  they  wanted  to  throw  him  down 
there  and  kill  him.  But  they  could  not  hurt 
Jesus,  because  he  was  God's  Son,  and  he  could 
keej)  them  from  hurting  him. 

Yet  he  did  not  teach  the  people  any  more, 
because  they  would  not  listen  to  him  or  mind 
him.  And  he  left  them  and  went  away  from 
their  city. 

"When  Jesus  told   the  people  in  the  cliurch  that 
God  had  sent  him  to  teach  them,  were  they  angry  ? 
What  did  they  Avant  to  do  to  him  ? 
Were  they  able  to  hurt  him  ? 
Why  could  they  not  hurt  Jesus  ? 
Why  did  he  not  teach  them  any  more  ? 
Did  he  go  away  from  their  city  and  leave  them  ? 


22.  Jesus  came  to  another  city,  named 
Capernaum.  This  city  was  near  to  the  water, 
and  Jesus  walked  on  the  shore  down  close  to 
the  water,  and  many  people  followed  after  him 
and  crowded  around  him. 

And  Jesus  saw  two  boats  on  the  shore ;  they 


92  FIRST    STEPS    FOE,    LITTLE    FEET. 


belonged  to  men  who  used  to  sail  out  in  them 
to  catch  fish.  These  men  were  not  catching 
fish  now ;  they  were  mending  their  nets.  Nets 
are  made  of  twine  ;  they  are  what  men  catch 
fish  with.  These  men  had  nets,  but  their 
nets  were  torn,  and  now  they  were  mending 
them. 

When  the  j^eople  crowded  around  Jesus  to 
hear  him,  he  went  into  one  of  the  boats  and 
told  the  man  who  owned  it  to  push  it  out  a 
little  way  from  the  shore.  The  man  did  as 
Jesus  told  him,  and  Jesus  sat  down  in  the 
boat  and  talked  to  the  people,  and  they  stood 
on  the  shore  and  listened  to  what  he  said. 

When  he  had  done  talking  to  them  Jesus 
told  the  man  to  sail  out  on  the  sea  and 
catch  some  fish  with  his  net.  But  the  man 
said  that  he  and  his  brother  had  been  out  in 
the  boat  all  night  trying  to  catch  some  fish, 
and  they  had  not  caught  any.  Yet  he  said  if 
Jesus  told  them  to  do  it  they  would  try  again. 
This  man's  name  was  Peter. 

So  Peter  and  his  brother  took  their  oars 
and  roAved  their  boat  out  on  the  sea,  and  they 
let  down  their  net  into  the  water ;  and  when 


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94  FIKST    STEPS    roil    LITTLE    FEET. 

they  tried  to  pull  it  up  again,  it  was  so  full  of 
fishes  they  could  not  pull  it  up. 

Then  Peter  called  some  other  men  who  were 
on  the  shore  to  come  out  and  help  them.  These 
men  had  a  boat  too,  so  they  came  out  in  their 
boat  and  hel})ed  Peter  and  his  Ijrother  pull 
up  the  net.  And  when  they  had  pulled  it 
up,  they  took  out  the  fishes  and  put  them 
into  the  boats,  and  the  boats  were  so  full 
they  were  ready  to  sink. 

It  was  Jesus  who  made  the  fish  come  to  the 
place  where  the  men  could  gatch  them.  These 
men  had  tried  to  catch  them  before,  but  the 
fish  were  not  there.  But  Y>dien  Jesus  told  the 
men  to  try,  so  many  fish  came  that  both  boats 
were  filled  with  them. 

This  was  a  miracle,  like  changing  the  water 
into  Avine  and  like  making  the  rich  man's  son 
well.  Jesus  did  this  miracle  on  purpose  for 
these  men  to  see  him  do  it,  so  they  might 
know  that  he  was  God's  Son. 

And  Jesus  told  the  men  to  come  with  him. 
Then  they  left  their  boats  and  their  nets  and 
all  that  they  had,  and  went  with  Jesus,  and 
after  that  they  stayed  with  him  all  the  time. 


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96  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Was  the  city  of  Capernaum  near  to  the  water  ? 

Where  did  Jesus  walk? 

Who  follo^ved  after  him  and  crowded  around 
him? 

What  did  Jesus  sec  on  the  shore  ? — two  what? 

When  the  people  crowded  around  him,  what  did 
Jesus  get  into  ? 

Where  did  the  people  stand  and  listen  to  him 
while  he  was  talking  to  them  out  of  the  boat? 

When  Jesus  was  dune  teaching  the  people,  what 
did  he  tell  the  man  in  the  boat  to  do  ? 

What  was  this  man's  name  ? 

Had  Peter  and  his  brother  been  trj^ing  to  catch 
some  fish  all  night  without  catching  any  ? 

But  now,  when  they  let  down  their  net  into  the 
water,  why  could  they  not  pull  it  up  again? 

Who  did  they  call  to  help  them  pull  up  the  net  ? 

Who  had  made  the  fish  come  to  the  place  where 
the  men  could  catch  them  ? 

When  Jesus  did  this,  what  was  it  ? 

Did  Jesus  do  this  miracle  on  purpose  for  these  men 
to  see  it  ? 

When  he  asked  them  to  come  with  him,  Avhat  did 
they  do  ? 

Did  they  stay  with  him  all  the  time  after  that? 


I  IK8T    STEPS    FOK    LITTJJ:    FKET.  97 


23.  Jksus  went  to  the  house  where  Peter 
lived.  A  very  sick  woman  was  in  this  house; 
she  had  a  great  fever  and  was  lying  on  the 
bed,  and  they  begged  Jesus  to  make  her 
well 

Then  Josus  came  and  stood  by  the  bed 
where  she  lay,  and  told  the  fever  to  go  away 
from  her ;  and  he  took  hold  of  her  hand  and 
raised  her  up,  and  she  was  well.  And  she 
got  up  from  the  bed  and  waited  on  the  people 
who  were  in  the  house. 

In  the  evening,  when  the  sun  was  going 
down  and  it  began  to  get  dark,  many  people 
in  the  city  brought  their  sick  friends  to  Jesus, 
and  he  cured  them  all.  And  Jesus  stayed  all 
night  at  Peter's  house. 


Whose  house  did  Jesus  go  into? 

Who  was  in  this  house  ? 

AVhat  did  they  ask  Jesus  to  do  ? 

When  Jesus  told  the  fever  to  go  away,  did  it  mind 
him  ? 

In  the  evening,  ^vhen  it  began  to  get  dark,  whom 
did  the  people  bring  to  Jesus? 

What  did  Jesus  do  for  the  persons  who  were  sick  ? 

Where  did  Jesus  stay  all  night? 


FIliST    STEPS    Foil    LITTLE    FEET.  99 

24.  Very  early  the  next  morning,  before 
tlie  sun  was  up  in  the  sky,  Jesus  rose  up  from 
Ills  bed,  and  be  went  out  into  the  lonely  wilder- 
ness, and  there  he  kneeled  down  on  the  ground 
and  jirayed  to  God. 

But  after  he  had  gone  the  people  in  the 
city  came  to  Peter's  house  to  find  him,  and 
when*  they  heard  he  had  gone  out  into  the 
wilderness  they  went  out  after  him.  And 
they  came  to  him  there,  and  begged  him  to 
stay  in  their  city  and  not  to  go  away  and 
leave  them. 

But  Jesus  said  he  must  go  and  teach  the 
people  who  lived  in  other  cities  too.  So  he 
went  into  other  cities,  and  taught  the  people, 
and  told  them  to  repent.  To  repent  is  to  be 
sorry.  Jesus  meant  that  the  people  should  be 
sorry  for  their  sins. 

Their  sins  were  the  bad  things  they  had 
done.  Jesus  told  them  they  must  be  sorry 
for  doing  those  things,  and  nuist  not  do  them 
any  more. 

Where  did  Jesus  go  very  early  in  the  luorniug,  be- 
fore the  suu  was  up  in  the  sky  V 


JKSUS  PEAYS  IN  THE  ■WILDERNESS. 


FIKST   STEPS    FOR   LITTLE    FEET. 


101 


What  (lid  Jesus  do  wIkmi  he  came  out  in  the  wil- 
derness ? 

Who  went  out  into  the  Avilderness  to  find  him  ? 

When  they  found  him,  what  did  they  beg  him  to 
do? 

Rut  M  here  did  Jesus  say  he  must  go  ? 

Did  he  go  into  other  cities  and  teach  people  who 
lived  there  ? 

AVhat  did  he  tell  them  to  do  ? 

What  does  "  repent "  mean  ? 

What  were  the  people  to  be  sorry  for? 

What  are  our  sins? 

Does  Jesus  tell  us  we  must  be  sorry  for  our  sins 
and  not  do  them  any  more  ? 


102  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


,1 

25.  The  people  in  that  land  used  to  have  j 
a  very  bad  sickness  called  the  leprosy.     The  ' 
leprosy  made  sores  come  on  a  person's  skin, 
and  made  his  skin  look  white  like  snow. 

AVhen  a  man  got  the  leprosy,  he  had  to  go 
away  from  his  home  to  some  other  place  where 
he  could  live  by  himself ;  for  if  he  stayed  at  home 
with  his  little  children,  perhaps  they  would 
get  the  leprosy  too.  And  after  the  man  had 
gone  away  from  his  home,  he  could  not  come 
back  there  again  until  he  was  well ;  but  no- 
body could  make  him  well  except  God. 

And  now  a  poor  man  who  had  the  leprosy 
came  to  Jesus,  and  he  kneeled  down  on  the 
ground  before  him  and  asked  Jesus  to  make 
him  well.  And  Jesus  was  sorry  for  the  poor 
man,  and  said,  I  will  do  it.  Be  well.  As  soon 
as  Jesus  had  spoken  these  words  the  leprosy 
went  away  from  the  man,  and  he  was  well. 

Then  the  man  was  so  glad  that  he  went  out 
and  told  all  the  people  how  Jesus  had  cured 
him.  And  after  that  so  many  people  came 
to  Jesus,  and  crowded  around  him,  that  he 
could  not  stay  in  that  place. 


PA/-,. 


JESUS  CURES  THE  MAN   WITH   THE   LEPROSY. 


104 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


What  very  bad  sickness  did  the  people  use  to  have 
in  that  land  ? 

When  a  man  got  the  leprosy,  did  he  have  to  go   ^ 
away  and  live  by  himself  until  he  was  well  ? 

Could  anybody  make  him  well  but  God  ? 

What  did  a  man  who  had  the  leprosy  come  and 
ask  Jesus  to  do  for  him  ? 

Did  Jesus  make  the  man  well  ? 

Then  the  man  was  so  glad  that  he  went  out  and 
did  what  ? 

Why  could  not  Jesus  stay  in  that  place  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  105 


26.  After  this,  Jesus  went  again  to  the 
city  called  Capernaum.  The  houses  in  that 
city  were  not  high  houses — two  or  three 
stories  high,  like  the  houses  we  live  in ;  they 
were  low  houses — only  one  story  high.  And 
the  roofs  on  these  houses  were  flat,  so  that 
people  could  go  up  and  walk  about  there. 

Jesus  went  into  one  of  these  houses,  and 
some  persons  brought  a  man  who  had  a  sick- 
ness called  the  palsy.  The  man  was  very  sick 
and  weak,  so  that  he  could  not  walk,  or  even 
stand  up,  but  he  had  to  lie  on  his  bed.  And 
when  his  friends  heard  that  Jesus  was  in  the 
city,  they  thought  they  would  bring  him  and 
ask  Jesus  to  make  him  well. 

But  how  could  they  bring  the  man,  when 
he  was  not  able  to  walk  ?  I  will  tell  you : 
they  took  up  the  bed,  or  mattress,  that  he  was 
lying  on,  and  they  carried  the  sick  man,  on 
his  bed,  to  the  house  where  Jesus  was.  But 
when  they  came  there,  they  could  not  get  in, 
because  the  house  was  full  of  j^eople.  So 
many  persons  had  come  to  hear  Jesus,  there 
was  no  room  for  any  more. 

Tlion  these  men  got  up  on  the  roof  of  the 


106 


FIEST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


house,  and  they  took  the  sick  man  up  with 
them,  lying  on  his  bed ;  and  they  broke  a  place 
open  through  the  roof,  and  lowered  the  man ' 
down  on  his  bed  into  the  room  below,  where 
Jesus  was. 

When  Jesus  saw  how  much    trouble  they 
had  taken  to  bring  the  sick  man  to  him,  he 


KA^^TERS    BEDS. 


was  pleased  ;  and  he  said  to  the  man.  Stand 
uj)  on  your  feet,  and  take  up  your  bed  and 
carry  it  to  your  home.  And  just  by  sj)eak- 
ing  those  words  Jesus  made  the  man  well. 

Before  Jesus  spoke  to  him  he  could  not 
stand  up  at  all ;  but  now  he  could  not  only 
stand  up,  but  he  could  pick  up  his  bed  and 
carry  it.     AVhen  the  j)eople  saw  the  man  do 


JESUS  CURES  THE  MAN   WITH  THK  PALSY. 


108  FIRST    STEPS    FOR   LITTLE    FEET. 


this,  they  were  surprised,  and  said  they  hac 
never  seen  such  a  wonderful  thing  done  be- 
fore.   

Were  the  houses  iu  the  city  of  Capernaum  high 
houses,  Hke  the  houses  we  Kve  in  ? 

What  kind  of  roofs  had  these  houses  on  them  ? 

After  Jesus  had  gone  into  one  of  these  houses, 
whom  did  some  men  bring  to  him? 

Why  could  they  not  bring  the  sick  man  into  the 
house  ? 

Where  did  they  take  him  to,  lying  on  his  bed  ? 

When  they  had  broken  a  place  open  through 
the  roof,  what  did  they  do  with  the  man  ? 

Was  Jesus  pleased  when  he  saw  how  much  trouble 
they  had  taken  to  bring  the  sick  man  to  him  ? 

What  did  Jesas  tell  the  man  to  do  ? 

Was  the  man  able  to  stand  up  and  carry  his  bed? 

Had  Jesus  made  him  ^vell  by  only  speaking  those 
few  words? 


I'IKST    HTE1'«    ruii    J.iTTLi:    rEIOT.  lO'J 


27.  The  cities  in  that  land  had  high  walls 
built  up  around  thoni.  These  walls  were  to 
keep  out  robbers  and  any  other  persons  who 
came  to  do  the  people  harm. 

The  city  of  Jerusalem  had  high  walls 
around  it,  and  there  were  gates  in  the  walls 
for  the  people  to  go  through.  One  of  the 
gates  was  called  the  Sheep-gate.  It  was  called 
the  Sheep-gate  because  the  people  took  sheep 
through  it  into  the  city.  Near  the  Sheep- 
gate  was  a  little  ]^ond,  or  j^ool,  of  water,  called 
the  Pool  of  Bethesda. 

Sometimes  the  water  in  this  pool  moved  as  if 
somebody  went  into  it.  The  people  could  not 
see  anybody  going  into  it,  but  they  thought 
it  was  an  angel  who  went  into  the  pool  and 
moved  the  water.  And  then,  if  any  sick 
person  went  into  the  water  as  soon  as  it 
moved,  they  thought  he  would  get  well. 

So  a  great  many  people  stayed  by  this 
pool.  Some  of  them  were  bhnd,  and  could 
not  see ;  some  of  them  were  lame,  and 
could  not  walk ;  and  some  were  weak,  and 
lying  on  their  beds.  They  were  all  wait- 
ing  for    the    water    to    move,    so    that    they 


( 


FIliST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  Ill 

might  go  down  into  it  quickly  luid  be  made 
well. 

On  the  Sabbath-day  Jesus  came  to  this 
place,  and  he  saw  all  the  poor  sick  people 
who  were  waiting  there.  One  of  them  was  a 
man  who  had  been  sick  a  great  many  years. 
Jesus  knew  how  long  it  had  been,  for  he 
knows  everything  about  us. 

This  poor  man  was  lying  on  his  bed,  and 
was  not  able  to  get  up.  And  Jesus  spoke  to 
him  and  said.  Would  you  like  to  be  made 
well  ?  The  man  said  that  he  would  like  to 
be  made  well,  but  when  the  water  moved  he 
had  no  one  to  help  him  down  into  it,  and 
before  he  could  get  there  some  one  else 
stepped  into  the  pool,  and  he  was  too  late. 

Then  Jesus  spoke  to  him  and  said.  Stand 
up  on  your  feet  and  take  up  your  bed  and 
walk.  And  at  once  the  man  was  able  to  do 
what  Jesus  told  him.  He  stood  up  on  his 
feet  and  took  up  his  bed  and  carried  it,  for 
now  he  was  well. 

But  some  of  the  people  found  fault  with 
Jesus  because  he  had  made  the  man  well  on 
the  Sabbath-day.     But  Jesus  told  them  that 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  113 


God  had  Rent  him  to  make  sick  people  well, 
and  that  he  could  not  only  make  sick  people 
well,  but  dead  people  alive.  And  there  was  a 
day  coming,  he  said,  when  he  would  make  all 
the  jieople  who  were  dead  alive  again. 

The  day  when  Jesus  will  do  this  is  called 
the  Judgment-Day. 


A\'^hat  was  built  around  the  cities  in  tliat  land? 

What  was  there  in  these  walls  foi-  the  people  to  go 
through  ? 

What  was  one  of  the  gates  of  Jerusalem  called  ? 

Why  was  it  called  the  Sheep-gate  ? 

AVhat  was  there  near  to  the  Sheep-gate  in  the  city 
of  Jerusalem  ? 

Did  the  water  in  this  pool  move  sometimes  as  if 
some  person  went  into  it  ? 

Who  did  the  people  think  it  was  that  made  the 
water  move? 

If  any  sick  person  went  into  the  water  as  soon  as 
it  moved,  what  happened  to  him  ? 

Were  a  great  many  people  always  Avaiting  by  the 
pool  for  the  water  to  move  ? 

•What  did  Jesus  ask  a  poor  sick  man  if  he  would 
like? 

Did  the  man  say  he  W()ul<l  like  to  be  made  well? 

Then  what  did  Jesus  tell  him  to  do? 

8 


114  FIRST    STEPS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET. 


Was  the  iium  able  to  staud  up  on  his  feet  and  take 
up  his  bed  aud  walk  ? 

Why  did  some  of  the  people  liud  fault  with 
Jesus  for  inakiug  him  well? 

Who  did  Jesus  say  had  sent  him  to  make  sick 
persons  well  ? 

What  else  did  Jesus  say  he  could  do  beside  mak- 
ing sick  persons  well? 

When  will  Jesus  make  all  the  people  who  ai-e  dead 
come  to  life  ajrain  ? 


'^^^   :f^^^^  Lu 


28.  Jesus  told  the  people  \vlio  were  listen- 
ing to  him  that  they  should  read  in  the  Bible, 
because  the  Bible  is  the  book  that  tells  about 
him. 

Suppose  you  had  done  wrong,  and  your 
father  was  angry  wdth  you  and  was  going  to 
punish  you,  but  your   brother  was  sorrv  for 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  115 

you,  and  he  eanie  and  asked  to  be  punished 
in  your  phice.  AV^ould  not  that  show  how 
much  your  brother  loved  you? 

This  is  the  way  that  Jesus  did  ibr  us. 
We  have  done  wrong,  and  God  was  going  to 
punisli  us ;  but  Jesus  loved  us  so  much  that 
he  came  down  from  heaven  to  be  punished  in 
our  place.  The  Bible  is  the  book  that  tells 
us  about  this. 

What  book  did  Jesus  tell  the  people  to  read  ? 

If  you  were  going  to  be  piuiished  for  doing  wrong, 
and  your  brother  should  come  and  ask  to  be  pun- 
ished in  your  })lace,  what  would  that  show  ? 

And  when  God  was  going  to  punish  us,  what  did 
Jesus  come  down  from  heaven  to  do  ? 

Did  he  do  this  because  he  loved  us  ? 

AVhat  is  the  book  that  tells  us  about  this  ? 


116  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


29.  Jesus  went  into  a  church  on  the  Sab- 
bath-day, and  a  great  many  people  were  there. 
One  of  the  men  in  the  church  had  something 
the  matter  with  his  hand.  He  coukl  not  shut 
or  open  his  hand  as  you  can,  because  it  was 
stiff  and  withered  up,  as  if  it  were  dead. 

And  this  poor  man  was  not  able  to  work 
with  his  hand  and  earn  money  to  buy  bread 
for  his  little  children.  When  Jesus  saw  him, 
he  pitied  him  and  told  him  to  stand  up  where 
all  the  rest  of  the  people  could  see  him. 
Jesus  told  the  man  to  stand  up,  because  he 
was  going  to  make  his  hand  well. 

But  some  men  in  the  church  said  that 
Jesus  ought  not  to  make  the  man  well  then, 
because  that  day  was  the  Sabbath-day.  For 
they  said  that  God  had  told  them  not  to  work 
on  the  Sabbath-day. 

Then  Jesus  spoke  to  these  men  and  said. 
Suppose  you  had  a  sheep  out  in  the  field,  and 
it  fell  into  a  deep  hole,  or  pit,  on  the  Sabbath- 
day.  AVould  you  not  go  and  lift  it  out  of  the 
pit  ?  And  if  we  ought  to  be  kind  to  a  sheep 
on  the  Sabbath-day,  ought  we  not  to  be  kind 
to  this  poor  man  ? 


118  FIE8T    STEPS    FOE,    LITTLE    FEET. 


So  Jesus  taug]\t  the  men  who  found  fault 
with  him  that  it  is  right  to  be  kind  to  per- 
sons, who  are  poor  and  sick,  on  the  Sabbath- 
day.  Then  Jesus  said  to  the  man,  Stretch 
out  your  hand.  And  at  once  the  man's  liand 
was  made  well,  and  he  could  stretch  it  out  like 
the  other. 

Before  that  time  he  could  not  move  it  at 
all,  but  Jesus  had  made  it  strong  and  well 
by  speaking  those  fevr  words.  And  now 
the  man  could  go  and  work  and  earn  bread 
for  his  little  children  to  eat. 


What  place  did  Jesus  go  into  on  the  Sabbath- 
day? 

What  was  the  matter  with  a  man  who  was  there  ? 

A\'as  thjs  poor  man  able  to  Avork  and  earn  bread 
for  his  little  children  ? 

^^'hy  did  some  persons  say  that  Jesus  ought  not  to 
cure  the  man  then  ? 

What  did  Jesus  ask  them  if  they  would  do  to  a 
sheep  on  the  Sabbath-day? 

How  should  we  treat  persons,  who  are  poor  and 
sick,  on  the  Sabbath-day? 

What  did  Jesus  say  to  the  man  with  the  withered 
hand  ? 


,^/, 


THEY  PULL  UP  THE  SHEEP  OUT  OF  THE  PI  I. 


120  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLP:    FEET. 


Was  the  man's  hand  made  well  by  these  few 
words  ? 

A\'hat  was  he  able  to  do  for  his  little  children 
after  that  ? 


30.  After  this,  Jesus  went  out  into  the 
lonely  wilderness,  and  he  stayed  there  all 
night  praying  to  God.  And  in  the  morn- 
ing he  called  twelve  of  the  men  who  followed 
after  him,  and  he  chose  those  men  to  stay  with 
him  all  the  time.  They  were  to  do  whatever 
he  told  them  to  do,  and  they  were  to  go  wher- 
ever he  told  them  to  go. 

These  twelve  men  Jesus  named  "  apostles." 
I  want  you  to  remember  this  :  The  tAvelve 
men  who  stayed  with  Jesus  all  the  time  were 
named  "  apostles." 

And  Jesus  went  up  on  a  mountain,  and  a 
great  many  people  came  there  to  hear  him. 
And  Jesus  taught  the  people  what  they  must 
do  to  please  God.  He  said  they  must  not  be 
proud  and  think  themselves  very  good.  In- 
stead of  this,  they  must  remember  how  often 
they  had  done  wrong,  and  they  must  be  sorry 
for  doing  it. 


122  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 

And  he  told  the  people  they  must  be  kind 
to  one  another,  and  they  must  be  kind  to 
dumb  beasts  too.  Sometimes  little  children 
are  cruel  to  dumb  beasts,  but  God  is  not 
pleased  with  them  when  they  are  so. 

And  they  must  not  quarrel  with  one  an- 
other, Jesus  said,  or  be  angiy  with  one  an- 
other. And  when  any  person  was  unkind  to 
them,  they  must  not  be  unkind  to  that  person 
again  :  they  must  be  kind  to  him,  and  pray 
for  him. 

And  Jesus  told  the  people  they  must  try 
all  the  time  to  mind  wdiat  God  said. 


How  long  did  Jesus  stay  out  in  the  wilderneas 
praying  to  God? 

In  the  morning  how  many  men  did  he  call  to  come 
to  liini  ? 

^^llat  name  did  he  give  these  twelve  men  ? 

Were  the  apostles  always  to  stay  with  Jesus  after 
that,  and  to  do  everything  he  told  them  to  do  ? 

What  did  Jesus  teach  the  people  on  the  moun- 
tain to  do  ? — to  please  whom  ? 

Ouglit  they  to  be  proud,  did  Jesus  say,  and  to  think 
themselves  vcrv  (rood? 

Instead  of  this,  what  ought  they  to  remember  and 
be  sorrv  for  ? 


FIRST   STEPS   FOR    LITTLE   FEET. 


123 


How  wore  the  people  to  behave  to  eaeh  other? 

And  how  were  they  to  treat  dumb  beasts? 

Ai'c   litde    chihben   eniel   to  (hiinb   beasts   some- 

tillK'S? 

Is  God  pleased  with  them  when  they  are  so? 

AVhat  did  Jesus  tell  the  people  about  quarrellini>; 
with  eaeh  other? 

If  any  person  is  unkind  to  us,  must  we  be  unkind 
to  that  person  again  ? 

Who  did  Jesus  say  we  must  be  trying  to  mind  all 
the  time  ? 


%/////(ll!!llIllliii 


124 


FIRST  stp:ps  for  little  feet. 


31.  Jesus  came  to  the  city  of  Capernaum. 
A  man  lived  there  who  was  a  soldier,  and  he 
had  a  servant  whom  he  loved  a  great  deal ; 
but  now  the  ser-vant  was  very  sick,  and  it 
seemed  as  if  he  would  die. 

And  the  soldier  came  to  Jesus  and  asked  him 
if  he  would  not  make 
his  servant  well.  Jesus 
need  not  go  to  see  his 
servant,  the  soldier  said ; 
Ifp^  he  need  not  give  him 
any  medicine,  or  do  any- 
MMM  ^^^^S  to  him  to  make 
'T-rrr///  ^.i\l  ^%i[fF^  him  well.  If  Jesus 
would  only  say  he 
should  get  well,  the 
soldier  was  sure  his 
servant  would  get  well. 
Then  Jesus  was  pleased  with  the  soldier 
for  thinking  he  could  make  his  servant  well 
by  only  telling  him  to  be  well,  and  Jesus  told 
the  soldier  to  go  back  to  his  home,  for  his  ser- 
vant should  get  well. 

Then  the  soldier  went  back  to  his  home  ; 
and  when  he  came  there,  he  found  that  the 


ROMAN   SOLDIER. 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE   FEET.  125 


sickness  had  gone  uway  from  his  servant,  and 
his  servant  was  well. 


When  Jesus  went  into  the  city  of  Caperuauni,  ^^'llo 
ciiine  to  him  there  ? 

What  did  the  soldier  ask  Jesus  to  do  ? 

Did  the  •  soldier  think  that  Jesus  would  have  to 
come  and  see  his  servant  before  he  could  make  him 
well  ? 

If  Jesus  would  only  say  his  servant  should  get 
well,  the  soldier  w^as  sure  of  what? 

Was  Jesus  pleased  with  the  soldier  for  thinking 
he  could  cure  his  servant  by  only  saying  he  should 
be  well  ? 

When  the  soldier  went  to  his  home,  what  did  he 
find  ? 


126  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


32.  Jesus  went  to  a  city  called  Nain.   This ' 
city  had  a  high  Avail  built  around  it,  and  there 
was  a  gate  in  the  wall  for  the  people  to  go 
throuo'h  whenever  thev  went  in  and  out  of 
the  city. 

As  Jesus  came  near  to  the  city  he  met 
some  men  coming  out  of  the  gate.  They 
were  carryins;  a  dead  man  on  a  bier.  A  bier 
is  what  dead  persons  are  carried  on  to  the 
grave.  And  these  men  were  carrying  out  a 
dead  man  to  the  grave  to  bury  him. 

This  dead  man  was  the  only  son  his  mother 
had,  and  she  was  a  widow  ;  for  her  husband 
had  died  before.  And  now  she  was  Avalking 
by  the  bier  to  her  son's  grave.  And  she  was 
crying  because  she  would  never  see  him 
ao'ain. 

When  Jesus  saw  her  crying,  he  pitied  her 
and  he  told  her  not  to  cry.  Then  he  came 
to  the  bier  that  her  son  lay  on,  and  he  touched 
it ;  and  the  men  who  carried  it  stood  still. 

And  Jesus  spoke  to  the  dead  man  and  said, 
Young  man,  I  say  to  you.  Arise.  And  as  soon 
as  Jesus  had  spoken  these  words  the  dead 
man  came  to   life  again,  and  he  sat  up  and 


128  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


began  to  speak ;  and  Jesus  gave  liim  to  his  ^ 
mother. 

But  when  the  people  who  were  there  saw 
the  dead  man  come  to  life,  they  were  afraid, 
and  they  said  that  God  had  sent  Jesus  to  them. 
For  if  God  had  not  sent  him,  he  could  not  do 
so  wonderful  a  thing  as  to  make  a  dead  person 
come  to  life  a^ain. 


^Mien  Jesus  came  near  to  the  city,  who  was  being 
carried  out  of  the  gate  ? 

What  was  the  dead  man  being  carried  on  ? 

AVas  the  dead  man  the  only  son  that  his  mother 
had  ? 

What  was  his  mother  doina-  now  because  she  would 
never  see  her  son  again  ? 

When  Jesus  saw  her  crying,  what  did  he  tell 
her  ? 

When  the  men  who  carried  the  bier  stood  still, 
what  did  Jesus  say  to  the  dead  man  ? 

What  happened  then  ? 

How  did  the  people  feel  when  they  saw  the  dead 
man  come  to  life  again  ? 

W'lio  did  they  say  had  sent  Jesus  to  them  ? 

Why  did  they  say  it  ^\  as  God  who  had  sent  him  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  120 

33.  1  WANT  U)  tell  you  about  something 
the  people  used  to  do  in  that  country  where 
Jesus  lived.  They  used  to  take  some  very 
nice  ointment,  or  oil,  and  put  it  on  their  hair 
and  on  their  skin.  This  ointment  smelled 
very  sweet,  and  it  made  their  skin  feel  soft 
and  smooth. 

And  a  man  asked  Jesus  to  come  to  his 
house  ;  and  Jesus  went  to  the  man's  house, 
and  they  sat  down  to  dinner.  While  they 
were  at  dinner  a  woman  came  into  the  room. 
She  had  a  little  box  in  her  hand,  and  this  box 
was  full  of  ointment. 

And  she  broke  the  box  and  poured  the 
ointment  on  Jesus'  feet,  and  she  kneeled  down 
and  kissed  his  feet ;  then  she  wiped  them 
with  her  long  hair.  She  did  this  to  show 
how  much  she  loved  Jesus.  She  loved  him 
because  he  had  come  down  from  heaven  to 
be  her  Saviour. 

I  told  you  before  what  this  means.  I  told 
you  two  little  stories  to  help  you  understand 
it.  I  said.  Suppose  you  were  asleep  in  your 
bed  and  the  house  should  get  on  fire,  and  just 
as  the  fire  was  coming  near  you  to  burn  you 

9 


THE  WOMAN   PUTS  OINTMENT  ON  JESUS'   FEET. 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FE1:T.  131 


a  strong  man  should  come  into  the  house  and 
carry  you  out  to  a  safe  place.  That  man  would 
save  you  from  the  fire. 

Or  suj>pose  you  were  out  in  the  woods  alone 
and  a  fierce  bear  should  come  after  you,  but  just 
as  it  was  going  to  catch  you  a  man  should 
kill  it  with  his  gun.  The  man  would  save 
you  from  the  bear.  And  Jesus  came  down 
from  heaven  to  save  this  woman ;  he  came  to 
save  her  from  her  sins. 

For  she  had  often  sinned  and  made  God 
angry  with  her,  but  now  she  was  sorry  for  it ; 
and  Jesus  said  he  would  forgive  her  sins,  so 
that  God  would  not  be  angry  with  her,  or 
punish  her  for  them.  When  Jesus  did  this, 
he  was  her  Saviour ;  and  she  loved  him  for 
coming  down  from  heaven  to  be  her  Saviour. 


What  did  they  use  to  put  ou  their  hair  and  od 
their  skin  in  that  country  ? 

Did  this  ointment  smell  very  sweet  ? 

While  Jesus  was  at  dinner  who  came  into  the  room 
where  he  was? 

What  did  this  woman  have  in  lier  hand  ? 

Where  did  she  pour  the  oiutmeut  that  the  box  was 
filled  with  ? 


132 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


What  did  she  do  to  his  feet  then  ? 

Why  did  she  kiss  his  feet  ? 

Had  this  woman  often  sinned  and  made  God  an- 
gry with  her? 

Was  she  sorry  for  it  now? 

What  did  Jesus  say  he  would  do  for  her,  so  that 
God  would  not  be  angry  with  her,  or  punish  her? 

What  was  Jesus  when  he  forgave  the  woman's 
sins  ? — her  what  ? 

Did  she  love  him  because  he  was  her  Saviour  ? 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR   LITTLE    FEET.  133 


34.  Some  persons  brought  to  Jesus  a  man 
Avlio   was  blind,  and    could  not  see ;  and  he 


JESUS    MAKES   THE   BLIND-AND-Dl'MI!   MAN    WELL. 


was  dumb,  and  could  not  speak.  Other  per- 
sons could  see  tlie  sun  shining  and  the  flow- 
ers growing.  Other  persons  could  see  their 
friends'  faces,  and  could  talk  with  their  friends. 
But  this  poor  man  could   not  see  his  friends 


134  FIKST    STEPS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET. 


or  talk  with  them  ;  lie  could  hear  them  speak 
to  him,  but  he  could  not  answer  them.  And 
Jesus  was  sorry  for  him,  and  made  him  well. 

How  glad  he  must  have  been  when  he 
opened  his  eyes  and  found  that  he  could  see, 
and  when  he  tried  to  speak  and  found  that  he 
could  talk  with  the  friends  that  he  loved. 


What  was  the  matter  with  the  mau  who  was 
brought  to  Jesus? 

Could  this  man  see  his  friends,  or  answer  them 
when  they  spoke  to  him? 

How  did  Jesus  feel  when  he  saw  this  poor  man? 

What  did  Jesus  do  for  him  ? 

Do  you  not  think  the  man  loved  Jesus  for  being 
so  kind  to  him  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


185 


35.  Jesus  told  the  people  a  story  about  a 
man  who  had  a  great  many  good  things  to  eat 
and  to  drink.    And  this  man  Iniilt  some  large 


TIIH    RlfH    MAN    IN    HIS    BAKN. 


houses  called  barns,  and  there  he  ])ut  all  these 

good  things  away  to  save  them  uj)  for  himself. 

Then,  after  he  had  put  them  away,  he  said 


136 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


/ 


to  himself,  Now  I  have  everything  I  want. 
I  need  not  work  any  more,  but  I  will  do  just 


THE  RICH   MAN   DIES. 


as  I  please ;  and  I  will  have  a  nice  time  as 
long  as  I  live. 

But  as  soon  as  he  had  said  this  God  spoke 
to  the  man,  and  told  him  that  on  that  very 
night   he  must  die.      Then  all    those  things 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  137 


that  he  liad  saved  up  for  himself  would  do 
him  no  good,  but  somebody  else  would  get 
them. 

And  Jesus  said  we  must  not  be  like  that 
man.  For  all  he  cared  about  was  to  get  rich 
and  to  do  what  would  please  himself.  But 
we  must  care  to  do  what  will  please  God. 


What  did  tlie  man  in  this  story  have?  ^ 

What  were  the  houses  called  that  this  man  built  ? 

What  did  the  man  put  away  in  his  barns  ? 

After  he  had  put  all  his  good  things  away  there, 
what  did  he  say  to  himself? 

But  after  he  had  said  this,  what  did  God  say  to  the 
man  ? 

Would  all  the  things  he  had  saved  up  do  him  any 
good  tlien  ? 

Did  Jesus  say  we  must  not  be  like  this  man  ? 

Who  was  it  that  this  man  wanted  to  please  fliost  ? 

Who  is  that  we  must  want  to  please  most  ? 


138 


FIRST    STEPS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET. 


36.  Jesus   spoke   to    those    persons    who 
loved  him  and  minded  him,  and  he  told  them 
r!'f:  (\  ^^     that  God   would   always  give 
^     T  ^  *^^"^  enough  food  to  eat  and 
clothes  to  wear. 

God  gave  the  little  birds 
food  to  eat,  Jesus  said,  and 
*%,  God  cares  more  for  the  per- 
WB^  sons  who  love  him  than  he 
does  for  the  little  birds.  So, 
if  we  love  and  mind  Jesus, 
we  need  not  be  afraid.  God  will  never  for- 
get us,  and  he  will  always  take  care  of  us. 


AMiat  will  God  always  give  to  the  persons  who 
love  and  mind  Jesus  ? 

What  does  God  give  to  the  little  birds  ? 

And  does  not  God  care  more  for  the  persons  who 
love  Jesus  than  he  does  for  the  little  birds  ? 

If  we  love  and  mind  Jesus,  need  we  be  afraid 
that  God  will  ever  forget  us? 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


139 


37.  Jesus  told  the  people  a  story  about  a 
man  who  went  ont  into  the  field  to  plant  some 
wheat.     Wheat,  vou  know,  is  wliat  bread  is 


SOME  SEEDS  THE  BIRDS  EAT.        SOME   FALT,  ON  STONY  GROUND. 


made  of.  It  comes  in  little  grains.  If  we 
take  these  little  grains  of  wheat  and  plant 
tliem  in  the  ground,  they  will  grow  up  and 
bear  some  more  wheat. 


140  FIRST    STEPS    FOE    LITTLE    FEET. 


And  now  Jesus  told  the  people  a  story 
about  a  man  who  went  out  into  the  field  to 
plant  some  wheat.  The  way  he  did  it  was 
to  take  some  of  the  grains  in  his  hand 
and  scatter  them  over  the  ground  as  he 
walked  along. 

But  some  of  the  grains  fell  in  the  wrong 
place ;  and  the  birds  saw  them,  and  they  flew 
down  from  the  trees  and  the  fences  and  ate 
them  up.  So  these  grains  of  wheat  were 
wasted ;  for,  of  course,  they  could  not  grow 
after  the  birds  had  eaten  them. 

And  some  more  of  the  grains  fell  in  a  place 
where  there  were  a  great  many  stones  on  the 
ground,  and  some  fell  where  weeds  and  briars 
were  growing.  And  these  grains  of  wheat 
could  not  grow,  either,  because  the  stones  and 
the  weeds  would  not  give  them  room. 

But  the  rest  of  the  grains  that  the  man 
scattered  over  the  ground  fell  in  the  right  place 
where  the  ground  was  soft  and  ready  for  them 
to  come.  And  the  rain  came  on  the  grains 
there,  and  the  sun  shone  on  them,  and  they 
made  little  roots  in  the  ground  and  grew  up ; 
and  after  a  while  the  man  had  a  o-reat  deal 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FP:ET. 


141 


more  wheat  growing  up  in  his  field  than  he 
took  out  with  him  and  planted. 

And  this  is  the  w^ay  it  is  when  I  am  teach- 


SOME  FALL  AMONG  BRIARS.  SOME  FALL  ON  GOOD  GROUND. 

ing  little  children  what  Jesus  wants  them  to 
do.  Some  of  them  do  not  listen  to  what  I 
say,  and  then  it  is  just  as  if  some  little  birds 
came  and  took  away  the  words  I  spoke,  and 
the  children  do  not  remember  them. 


14'J  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


But  some  of  the  children  remember  the 
words  that  I  speak,  and  they  try  to  mind  what 
Jesus  says.  They  are  like  the  wheat  that  fell 
on  the  good  ground  and  grew  up,  and  bore 
more  wheat  for  the  man  who  planted  it. 


\^'hat  do  we  make  out  of  wheat  ? 

Wheat  comes  in  little — what  ? 

What  was  the  man  in  this  story  planting  out  in  his 
field? 

How  did  he  plant  the  grains  of  wheat? 

Could  those  little  grains  grow  that  fell  in  the  wi'ong 
place  ? 

AVhat  flew  down  from  the  trees  and  ate  them  up  ? 

Did  the  grains  that  fell  in  the  right  place  grow  up 
and  bear  more  wheat  ? 

AVhen  I  am  teaching  little  children  what  Jesus 
wants  them  to  do,  and  they  will  not  listen,  it  is  just 
as  if — what,  came  and  took  away  my  words  ? 

But  when  the  little  children  listen  to  the  words  I 
speak,  and  try  to  mind  them,  then  it  is  like  the  wheat 
that  fell  where  ? 


FIRST  STEPS  Foi:   i^mu:  fi:et,        143 


38.  Je«us  told  tlie  people  about  the  mus- 
tard-seed.    There  are  a  great  many  different 


THE   MITSTARD-SEED   FIRST  PLANTED. 


kinds  of  seed  that  we  plant  in  the  ground. 
Some  of  them  are  large,  and  some  are  small. 
The  mustard-seed  is  very  small — not  much 
larger  than  a  pin's  head. 


144 


FIEST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


It  is  so  small  that  if  you  should  be  hold- 
ing one  of  them  in  your  hand,  and  should  let 
it  fall,  you  would  hardly  be  able  to  see  it  or 


THE  MUSTARD-SEED  GROWN   UP  TO  BE  A  TREE. 

find  it  again.     Yet  if  this  little  seed  is  planted 
in  the  ground,  it  grows  up  to  be  a  tree  large 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  145 


enouo-h  for  the  birds  to  flv  into  it  and  stand 
on  its  branches. 

And  when  little  children  first  begin  to  love 
Jesus,  their  love  is  like  the  little  mustard- 
seed  before  it  is  planted  in  the  ground,  it  is 
so  small.  But  if  they  keep  on  minding  him 
and  trying  to  do  what  he  tells  them,  then 
their  love  will  get  larger  and  larger,  like  the 
mustard-seed  when  it  grows  up  to  be  a  tree. 

What  kind  of  a  seed  did  Jesus  tell  the  people 
about? 

Is  the  mustard-seed  large  or  small  ? 

But  when  it  is  planted  in  the  ground,  what  does  it 
grow  up  to  be  ? 

When  little  children  first  begin  to  love  Jesus,  is 
their  love  very  small,  like  the  little  mustard-seed  ? 

But  if  they  keep  on  trying  to  mind  him,  dieir 
love  grows  larger  and  larger  like — what  ? 

10 


146 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


39.  AxD  Jesus  spoke  about  a  woman  when 
she  makes  bread.     She  takes  the  nice  white 


Tin;    Wd.MAN    MAKING   BREAD. 


flour,  and  puts  some  water  in  it,  and  works  it 
with  her  hands,  and  makes  it  into  dough. 

But  she  does  something  else  beside  this. 
She  takes  a  cup,  and  puts  something  called 
yeast  in  the  cup ;    and  she  pours  a  little  of 


FIRST    STEPS    rOlt    lATLLK    FEET.  147 

the  yeast  into  the  doiigli,  and  then  she  covers 
it  up  and  leaves  it  there.  And  this  yeast 
makes  the  dough  better  than  it  was  before ;  so 
that  when  it  is  put  in  the  oven  and  baked,  it 
makes  nicer  bread. 

And  when  little  children  love  God,  that 
makes  them  better  children  than  they  were 
before ;  ibr  then  they  are  more  careful  to  do 
right,  because  they  want  to  please  liim. 

What  ^v•a.s  the  woman  doing  that  Jesus  told  tlie 
people  about  ? 

After  she  has  poured  some  water  into  the  flour 
and  made  douo:h  out  of  it,  what  else  does  she  pour 
into  the  dough  ? 

Does  the  yeast  make  the  dough  better  than  it  was 
before,  so  that  it  makes  nicer  bread  ? 

And  wlien  little  children  love  God,  does  that  make 
them  better  children  than  they  were  before  ? 

What  are  they  careful  to  do  when  they  love  God? 

Why  are  they  so  careful  to  do  right ? 


148 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


40.  Jesus  told  the  jDeoj^le  a  story  about  a 
man  who  wanted  to  buy  some  pearls.  Pearls 
are  beautiful  little  white  stones.     Sometimes 


THE  MAX  SEES  THE  BEAUTIFUL  PEARL. 


we  see  pearls  in  rings  and  in  bracelets  and  in 
breastpins.     And  where  do  you  think  pearls 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  149 


come  from  ?  They  come  from  under  the 
water.  Yes,  from  away  down  under  the 
deep  sea. 

Men  swim  down  under  the  sea,  and  they 
find  oysters  on  tiie  bottom  of  the  sea ;  and 
they  bring  these  oysters  up  on  the  land,  and 
open  them  and  find  j^earls  in  them.  Then 
they  take  out  the  pearls,  and  sell  them  and 
get  money  for  them. 

Once  there  \vas  a  man  who  wanted  to  buy 
some  j^earls.  He  did  not  want  to  swim  dowai 
under  the  w^ater  to  find  them  for  himself,  but 
he  wanted  to  buy  them  from  the  men  wdio 
had  found  them  already.  So  he  went  to  these 
men  and  asked  them  to  show  him  all  the  pearls 
they  had  to  sell. 

And  at  last  one  of  the  men  showed  him  a 
very  beautiful  pearl.  It  was  larger  and  pret- 
tier than  any  pearl  he  had  ever  seen  before, 
l)ut  it  would  cost  so  much  he  had  not  enough 
money  to  buy  it  with.  So  he  told  the  man 
to  keep  that  pearl  until  he  came  back  again. 
Then  he  went  away  and  sold  everything  he 
liad,  so  as  to  get  monev  enouoli  to  buv  that 
pearl. 


150 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR   LITTLE    FEET. 


Perhaps  he  had  horses,  and  cows,  and  sheep, 
and  land;  but  he  sold  them  all,  and  got  money 


HE  SELLS  ALL  HE  HAS  TO  GET  THE  BEAUTIFUL  PEARL. 

for  them,  and  came  back  to  the  man,  and  gave 
him  the  money,  and  got  the  beautiful  pearl. 
Then  he  was  very  happy,  because  he  had  the 
thing  that  he  wanted  more  than  anything  else 
in  this  world. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  151 


And  what  will  make  you  and  me  liappy  ? 
Not  a  pearl ;  that  will  not  make  us  happy.  I 
will  tell  you  what  will  make  us  happy — to 
have  God  pleased  with  us,  and  to  be  his  dear 
children. 

And  we  ought  to  want  this  as  much  as  the 
man  wanted  to  get  the  beautiful  pearl.  We 
should  be  Avilling  to  do  everything  God  tells 
us  to  do,  and  to  stop  doing  everything  he 
tells  us  not  to  do,  so  that  God  may  be 
pleased  with  us,  and  so  that  he  may  take  us 
to  be  his  children. 


What  is  a  pearl  ? 

Ai^Tiere  do  we  see  pearls  sometimes  ? 

Can  you  tell  me  where  pearls  come  from  ? 

What  did  the  man  in  the  story  want  to  buy  ? 

When  at  last  he  saw  a  beautiful  pearl,  why  did  he 
not  buy  it? 

What  did  he  go  away  and  do,  so  that  he  might  get 
money  enough  to  buy  the  pearl  ? 

When  he  had  sold  all  the  things  he  had,  what  did 
lie  do  with  the  money  that  he  got  for  them  ? 

How  did  he  feel  when  he  got  the  pearl  that  he 
wanted  so  much  ? 

Can  a  pearl  make  you  and  me  happy? 


152  FIKST   STEPS    lOI!    J JTTLE    FEET. 

Will  it  make  us  happy  to  have  God  ])leased  with 
us,  and  to  be  his  children  ? 

Ought  we  to  want  this  as  much  a,s  the  man  wanted 
the  beautiful  pearl  ? 

And  what  ouo:ht  we  to  be  willing  to  do,  so  that 
God  may  l)e  pleased  with  us,  and  may  take  us  to  be 
his  children  ? 


41.  I  HAVE  told  you  what  a  net  is.  It  is 
made  of  twine,  and  men  catch  fish  with  it. 
Let  me  tell  you  how  they  do  this.  They  put 
the  net  in  a  boat,  and  take  their  oars  and  row 
the  boat  out  on  the  water.  Then  they  let  the 
net  down  under  the  w^ater,  and  the  fish  that 
are  swimming  there  are  caught  in  the  net. 

Then  the  men  pull  up  the  net  and  take  the 
fish  out  of  it.  But  the  fish  are  not  all  of  one 
kind.  Some  of  them  are  good  :  these  they 
put  in  a  basket  to  keep ;  and  some  of  them 
are  bad  :  these  they  throw  away. 

And  Jesus  says  that  all  the  men  and  all 
the  women  and  all  the  little  children  in  tlie 
world  are  like  those  fish  in  the  net.  Some 
are  good,  and  some  are  bad  ;  and  when  the 
Judgment -Day    comes,    God    w^ill    send   his 


154 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


angels  to  take  the  good  men  and  the  good 
women  and  the  good  children  up  to  heaven. 
But  the  bad  men  and  women  and  children 
will  be  sent  away  to  the  place  where  tliey 
are  to  be  jDunished. 


What  are  nets  made  of? 

What  are  they  used  for? 

Are  all  the  fish  of  one  kind  ? 

Are  some  fish  good,  and  some  bad  ? 

Who  did  Jesus  say  Avere  like  the  fish  in  the  net  ? 

What  will  be  done  to  good  men  and  women  and 
children  at  the  Judgment-Day? 

AMiat  will  be  done  to  bad  men  and  women  and 
children  on  that  day? 


THE  GOOD   FISH,    TIIEV    KEEP;   THE  BAD,   THEY   THROW  AWAY. 


ld(j 


FIRST    STEPS    FOE    LITTLE    FEET. 


42.  A  MAN  came  to  Jesus  and  told  him 
that  he  wanted  to  stay  with  him  and  live 
with  him  all  the  time.  But  Jesus  told  the 
man  that  he  had  no  home  to  live  in. 


•JKSl  .S   HAS  NO    HOME  TO  LIVE  IN. 


Jesus  said  that  the  little  birds  had  homes, 
for  they  had  their  nests  up  in  the  trees. 
And  the  wdld  beasts  had  homes,  for  they 
had  caves  and  holes  in  the  ground  where  they 
could  go  and  stay.  But  Jesus  had  no  home 
where  he  could  go  when  he  was  tired  and  lie 
down  to  rest. 


FlKSr    STEl'S    Foil    LITTLE    FEET.  157 


It  was  because  he  was  so  poor  tliat  Jesus 
liad  uo  home.  He  was  poorer  even  than  the 
birds  and  the  beasts.  But  Jesus  was  not  al- 
ways poor.  He  used  to  live  up  in  heaven, 
and  he  was  not  poor  there.  He  had  every- 
thing to  make  him  happy. 

Why,  then,  did  he  come  down  to  tliis  world 
and  be  j^oor  and  have  trouble?  It  was  be- 
cause he  loved  us  and  he  wanted  to  make  us 
good,  so  that  we  might  go  up  to  heaven,  too, 
after  we  die.  If  Jesus  loved  us  so  much  as 
to  come  down  from  heaven  f(jr  us,  we  0U2:ht 
to  love  him. 


Wliat  did  the  man  who  came  to  Jesus  tell  him  that 
he  wanted  to  do  ? 

Did  Je.sus  tell  the  man  that  he  had  uo  home  to 
live  in  ? 

What  did  Jesus  say  about  the  birds  and  the  beasts  ? 

What  was  the  reason  that  Jesus  had  no  home? 

Was  Jesus  always  poor  ? 

Why  did  he  oome  down  to  this  world  and  be  poor 
and  have  trouble  ? 

Ought  we  uot  to  love  him  for  this? 


158  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


43.  Jesus  went  into  a  boat  with  his 
apostles  to  sail  across  the  sea.  And  while 
they  were  sailing  on  the  water  he  lay  down, 
with  his  head  on  a  pillow,  and  w^ent  to  sleep 
in  the  boat. 

And  there  came  a  great  storm  of  wind  that 
made  the  waves  very  high  and  rough.  And 
the  water  dashed  into  the  boat,  and  the  apos- 
tles w^ere  afraid  it  would  sink ;  and  they  came 
to  Jesus  and  wakened  him  and  said,  Lord, 
save  us,  or  we  shall  be  drowned. 

But  Jesus  asked  the  apostles  why  they  were 
afraid  of  the  winds  and  the  sea  wdiile  he  was 
with  them  to  keep  them  safe.  Then  Jesus 
stood  up  in  the  boat,  and  he  told  the  wind 
not  to  blow  and  the  waves  to  be  still.  Then 
the  wand  did  not  blow  any  more,  and  the 
waves  got  still  and  smooth. 

When  the  apostles  saw  this,  they  said  to 
one  another,  Even  the  wind  and  the  sea 
mind  him.  And  when  the  boat  had  come 
to  the  shore,  Jesus  and  his  apostles  got  out 
of  the  boat  and  walked  on  the  land. 


JESUS  SLEEPS  IN   TUB  STOKil. 


160 


FIKST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


What  did  Jesus  get  into,  witli  his  apostles,  to  sail 
across  the  sea  ? 

AVhere  did  he  lay  doAvn  his  head  and  go  to  sleep? 

What  made  the  waves  veiy  high  while  Jesus  was 
asleep  on  the  pillow  ? 

How  did  the  apostles  feel  when  the  water  dashed 
into  the  boat  ? 

What  did  they  say  to  Jesus  when  they  had  ^va- 
kened  him  ? 

Ought  they  to  have  been  afraid  while  he  was  with 
them  ? 

What  did  Jesus  say  to  the  wind  and  the  waves  ? 

Did  the  wind  and  the  waves  mind  him  ? 


FUtST    STEPS    FOK    LITTLK    FEET.  1(31 

44.  I  TOLD  you  about  tlie  good  angels  that 
live  up  in  heaven.  But  there  are  some  bad 
angels,  too.  The  bad  angels  do  not  live  up  in 
heaven,  for  no  one  who  is  bad  or  wicked  can 
live  there.  We  call  these  bad  angels  evil 
spirits :   that  is  their  name. 

These  evil  spirits  do  not  have  hands  and 
feet  and  bodies  like  ours,  and  we  cannot  see 
them,  and  they  can  go  into  places  where  we 
cannot  go.  Sometimes  they  used  to  go  into 
men  and  into  women,  and  even  into  little 
children. 

And  when  Jesus  got  out  of  the  boat  and 
walked  on  tlie  land,  a  man  met  him  who 
had  evil  spirits  in  him.  And  the  evil  spirits 
made  the  man  very  fierce  and  angry,  so  that 
he  was  like  a  wild  beast,  and  all  the  people 
were  afraid  to  go  that  way. 

The  man's  friends  had  often  tried  to  keep 
him  at  liome  ;  they  had  put  chains  on  his 
hands  and  on  his  feet  to  keep  him  there,  but 
he  broke  the  chains  and  went  out  and  lived 
ill  the  mountains. 

There  were  caves  in  these  mountains.  Caves, 
you  know,  are  hollow  places  dug  out  of  the 


162  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


oTOund.  Some  caves  had  Lcen  diis;  out  of 
these  mountains  to  bury  dead  people  in,  and 
this  man  used  to  go  and  live  in  the  caves. 

At  night  he  did  not  sleep,  but  all  night 
long  he  was  crying  out  with  a  loud  voice  ; 
and  sometimes  he  would  pick  up  sharp  stones 
from  the  ground  and  cut  himself  with  them. 
The  evil  spirits  that  were  in  him  made  him 
do  this. 

And  the  poor  man  could  not  make  the  evil 
spirits  go  out,  but  Jesus  could  make  them  go 
out.  And  now  Jesus  spoke  to  them  and  told 
them  to  come  out  of  the  man,  and  at  once  the 
evil  spirits  came  out  of  him. 

Now,  there  were  a  great  many  swine,  or  pigs, 
near  that  place  ;  they  were  eating  the  grass 
that  o-rew  on  the  mountains.  And  when  the 
evil  spirits  came  out  of  the  man,  they  went 
into  the  swine ;  and  then  the  swine  ran  down 
a  steep  hill  into  the  sea,  and  were  all  drowned 
in  the  water. 

But  the  man  was  not  fierce  and  angry  any 
more ;  he  was  quiet  and  Avell,  like  other  per- 
sons, because  Jesus  had  made  the  evil  spirits 
iro  out  of  liim.     And  he  thanked  Jesus,  and 


JESUS  MAKES  THE  EVIL  SPIRITS  GO  OUT. 


164  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE   FEET. 


wanted  to  go  with  him  and  stay  with  him  all 
the  time.  But  Jesus  told  him  to  go  to  his 
home  and  tell  his  friends  how  he  had  been 
made  well. 


Where  do  the  good  angels  live  ? 

Are  there  bad  angels,  too  ? 

Do  they  live  up  in  heaven  with  God  ? 

Have  the  bad  angels  hands  and  feet  and  bodies  like 
ours,  so  that  we  can  see  them  ? 

What  do  we  call  these  bad  angels  ? — what  is  their 
name  ? 

Who  did  the  evil  spirits  use  to  go  into  sometimes? 

When  Jesus  came  out  of  the  boat  and  walked  on 
the  shore,  who  met  him? 

Did  the  evil  spirits  make  this  man  so  fierce  that 
the  people  were  afraid  to  go  that  way  ? 

Could  the  man's  friends  keep  him  at  home  ? 

Where  did  lie  go  and  live  ? 

What  did  he  do  all  night  long? 

Did  Jesus  make  the  evil  spirits  go  out  of  the  man? 

When  they  came  out  of  him,  what  did  they  go 
into? 

And  what  did  the  swine  do  then  ? 

Was  the  man  well  after  that? 

Who  did  he  want  to  go  with,  and  stay  with  ? 

But  what  did  Jesus  tell  him  to  do? 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  IGO 


45.  Jesus  and  his  apostles  went  again  into 
the  city  called  Capernaum,  and  a  great  crowd 
of  people  followed  him.  Some  of  these  peo- 
l)le  were  pressing  and  pushing  against  him. 

In  the  crowd  there  Avas  a  woman  who  had 
been  sick  for  a  very  long  time.  She  had 
asked  a  great  many  doctors  to  make  her  well, 
and  had  given  them  all  her  money,  but  they 
could  not  cure  her.  And  now  she  was  in  the 
crowd  that  Avas  following  Jesus. 

As  soon  as  she  saw  him  she  said  to  herself. 
If  I  can  only  come  behind  him  and  touch  his 
clothes,  I  am  sure  I  shall  be  well.  So  she 
came  behind  Jesus  softly,  and  put  out  her 
hand  and  touched  him,  and  at  once  she  felt 
that  she  was  well. 

And  Jesus  stopped  and  looked  around,  and 
asked  who  had  touched  liini.  The  apostles 
had  not  seen  the  woman  do  it,  and  they  won- 
dered that  Jesus  should  ask  who  touched  him, 
when  so  many  persons  were  pressing  against 
him.  But  Jesus  said  that  some  one  had 
touched  him  and  been  made  well. 

When  the  poor  woman  saw  that  he  knew 
it,  and  that  she  could  not  hide  herself  from 


THE   WOMAN    TELLS   HOW    SHE   WAS  MADE  "WBLL. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET.  167 

him,  she  was  iifniid  ;  and  slie  came  trembling 
to  Jesus,  and  kneeled  down  on  the  ground 
before  him,  and  told  him  what  she  had  done 
and  how  in  a  minute  she  was  cured  of  her 
sickness. 

Then  Jesus  spoke  kindly  to  her  and  call- 
ed her,  Daughter,  and  said  she  did  right 
when  she  came  to  him.  And  he  told  her 
to  go  to  her  home  and  not  be  afraid  any 
more. 

When  Jesus  came  to  Capernaum,  who  was  in  the 
crowd  that  followed  him  ? 

AVhat  had  this  poor  woman  given  the  doctors  to 
make  her  well  ? 

And  had  they  made  her  well  ? 

AVliat  did  she  say  to  herself  when  she  saw  Jesus  ? 

Was  she  made  well  as  soon  as  she  touched  him  ? 

Did  Jesus  know  that  she  had  done  it  ? 

When  she  found  that  she  could  not  hide  herself 
from  him,  what  did  she  do? 

AMiat  did  Jesus  call  her  ? 

And  did  he  tell  her  not  to  be  afraid  anv  more  ? 


168  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


46.  There  came  to  Jesus  a  man  who  was 
in  great  trouble  because  his  little  daughter 
was  sick,  and  he  was  afraid  she  would  die. 
And  the  man  begged  Jesus  to  come  to  his 
house  and  put  his  hands  on  her,  to  make  her 
well. 

Then  Jesus  went  with  the  man ;  but  when 
they  got  near  to  his  house,  somebody  caine 
out  and  told  them  that  the  little  girl  was 
dead,  and  that  it  was  not  worth  while  for 
Jesus  to  come  any  farther.  But  Jesus  told 
the  man  not  to  be  troubled,  for  his  daughter 
should  be  made  alive  again. 

When  they  went  into  the  house,  the  people 
were  crying,  because  they  were  so  sorry  that 
the  little  girl  was  dead.  Then  Jesus  made 
them  all  go  out,  and  he  took  three  of  his 
apostles  and  the  little  girl's  father  and  mother 
and  went  into  the  room  where  she  lay. 

And  he  came  to  her  bed,  and  took  hold  of 
her  hand,  and  said  to  her.  Arise.  And  as 
soon  as  he  had  said  this  the  little  girl  came 
to  life,  and  she  got  up  from  her  bed  and 
walked  ;  for  she  was  twelve  years  old. 

And  Jesus  told  the  people  to  give  her  some- 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  169 


JESUS  MAKES  TUB  LITTLE  GIRL  ALIVE  AGAIN. 

thins:  to  eat.  Then  her  father  and  mother 
were  glad,  because  their  little  daughter  was 
alive  again,  and  because  they  would  have  her 
to  live  with  them  and  love  them  as  she  used 
to  do  before. 


170  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


AVhy  wixs  the  man  who  came  to  Jesus  in  great 
trouble  ? 

What  did  he  ask  Jesus  to  do  ? 

When  they  came  near  the  man's  house,  what  did 
some  one  come  out  and  tell  them  ? 

What  did  Jesus  tell  the  man  when  he  heard 
this  ? 

When  they  came  into  the  house,  what  were  the 
people  doing  there  ? 

Where  did  Jesus  make  all  the  people  go? 

When  he  came  into  the  room  where  the  little  girl 
lay,  what  did  he  say  to  her  ? 

What  happened  to  the  little  girl  then  ? 

How  did  her  father  and  mother  feel  when  they 
saw  that  she  was  alive  again  ? 


4-7,  As  Jesus  was  going  away  from  that 
place  two  blind  men  followed  him.  They 
could  not  see  him,  but  some  one  had  told 
them  that  Jesus  was  there.  Perhaps  they 
had  heard  how  he  brought  the  little  girl  to 
life  again,  and  they  thought  he  could  make 
their  eyes  well. 

So  the  blind  men  followed  Jesus,  and  called 
after   him,   and   begged    him    to    cure    them. 


172 


FIRST    STEPS    FOU    LITTLE    FEET. 


Jesus  stopped,  and  asked  them  if  they  thought 
he  was  able  to  do  this.  They  said,  Yes,  Lord. 
Then  he  said  he  woukl  do  it ;  and  he  put  out 
his  hand  and  touched  their  eyes,  and  by  only 
touching  them  he  made  their  eyes  well. 

Then  the  men  went  away  and  told  all 
the  people  who  lived  in  that  country  how 
Jesus  had  cured  them  in  one  moment,  and 
made  them  able  to  see. 


As  Jesus  was  going  from  that  place,  who  followed 
him  ? 

What  did  the  blind  men  want  him  to  do  ? 

What  did  Jesus  ask  the  blind  men  ? 

How  did  he  make  their  eyes  well  ? 

What  did  the  blind  men  do  after  they  were  made 
well  ? 


FIKST    STEPS    lOi:    LlTTLi:    I'EET. 


173 


48.  Home  persons  brought  to  Jesus  a  man 
who  Avas  dumb :  this  means  that  the  man  was 
not  able  to  speak.  He  had  been  able  to 
speak  once,  like   you  and  like  me,  but  now 


"^£ 


JESL'S    MAKES   THE   DUMB  MAN   ABLE  TO  SPEAK. 

an  evil  spirit  had  gone  into  him  that  would 
not  allow  him  to  speak. 

And  none  of  the  man's  friends  could  make 


174  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET, 


the  evil  spirit  go  out ;  but  Jesus  made  the 
spirit  go  out,  and  then  the  man  was  able  to 
speak. 

And  the  people,  who  saw  Jesus  make  the 
evil  spirit  go  out  of  the  man  were  surprised, 
and  they  said  they  had  never  seen  such  a 
wonderful  thing  done  before. 


Whom  did  some  persons  bring  to  Jesus  ? 

What  does  it  mean  to  say  he  was  dumb  ? 

Had  this  man  been  able  to  speak  once,  like  you 
and  like  me  ? 

What  was  it  that  made  him  dumb? 

Could  the  man's  friends  make  the  evil  spirit  go 
out  ? 

But  what  did  Jesus  do  ? 

Could  the  man  speak  after  that? 


49.  After  this,  Jesus  went  into  other 
cities  to  teach  the  people  who  lived  there. 
But  he  could  not  teach  all  the  peoj^le  in  that 
land  by  himself:  there  w^ere  too  many  of 
them.  So  he  sent  out  his  twelve  apostles  to 
teach  the  people  who  lived  in  the  cities  where 
he  would  not  come. 


JKSUS  SliNDS  OUT  HIS  TWELVE  APOSTLES. 


176  FIKST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Aucl  the  twelve  apostles  went  and  taught 
the  people  in  those  cities.  And  w^hile  they 
were  gone,  Jesus  let  the  apostles  make  sick 
])eople  well  and  dead  peojDle  alive,  just  as 
Jesus  used  to  do  himself.  Jesus  let  the 
apostles  do  this,  so  as  to  make  the  peoj^le 
listen  to  what  they  said. 

And  after  the  apostles  had  taught  the 
people  they  came  back  to  Jesus,  and  told 
him  where  they  had  been  and  what  they 
had  done. 

Did  Jesus  go  iuto  other  cities  to  teach  the  people  ? 

\Vhy  could  he  not  teach  all  the  people  in  that 
land  by  himself? 

Who  did  he  send  to  teach  the  people  in  the  cities 
where  he  would  not  come? 

What  did  he  allow  the  apostles  to  do  while  they 
were  teaching  the  people  there  ? 

Could  they  have  done  this  if  Jesus  had  not  made 
them  able  to  do  it? 


KIKST    STEPS    FOK    J.ITTLK    FEET.  177 

50.  Then  Jesus  and  liis  apostles  got  into 
a  boat  and  stalled  to  another  place  across  the 
sea,  because  they  wanted  to  be  alone.  But 
when  the  people  saw  him  going,  they  follow- 
ed after  him,  so  that  a  great  crowd  of  men 
and  women  and  little  children  cafne  to  the 
])lace  where  lie  went. 

But  Jesus  was  very  kind  to  them  ;  he 
taught  them  many  things  about  God  and 
about  heaven,  and  all  those  persons  who 
were  sick  he  made  well. 

When  it  began  to  get  dark,  the  apostles 
asked  Jesus  to  send  the  people  away,  so  that 
they  might  go  and  buy  food  for  themselves, 
because  they  had  nothing  to  eat.  But  Jesus 
said  that  the  apostles  should  give  them  some- 
thing to  eat. 

But  the  apostles  said.  Where  shall  we  get 
food  for  so  many  persons  ?  Shall  we  go  and 
buy  two  hundred  pennyworth  of  bread  for 
tliem?  And  even  if  we  bought  so  much,  it 
would  not  be  enough  to  give  each  one  a  little. 
Jesus  asked  the  apostles  how  many  loaves  of 
bread  they  had,  and  they  said  they  had  only 
five  loaves  of  bread  and  two  small  fishes. 

12 


178  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Then  Jesus  told  the  apostles  to  make  the 
people  sit  down  in  rows  on  the  green  grass. 
And  he  took  the  loaves  of  bread  in  his  hand, 
and  the  fishes,  and  he  looked  up  to  the  sky 
and  thanked  God  for  them.  Then  Jesus 
broke  the 'bread  and  the  fishes  in  pieces,  and 
he  gave  the  pieces  to  the  apostles ;  and  the 
apostles  went  out  and  gave  them  to  the 
people. 

And  as  soon  as  they  gave  a  piece  of  bread 
to  any  jDerson,  another  jDiece  came  into  the 
apostles'  hands.  And  when  they  gave  that 
piece,  another  piece  came.  And  so  the  pieces 
of  bread  and  fish  kept  on  coming  into  the 
apostles'  hands,  until  all  the  men  and  women 
and  little  children  had  as  much  as  they  want- 
ed to  eat. 

And  after  they  had  eaten  as  much  as  they 
wanted,  Jesus  told  the  apostles  to  pick  up  the 
23ieces  that  were  left  on  the  ground,  so  that 
nothing  should  be  wasted  or  lost.  And  they 
picked  up  twelve  baskets  full  of  pieces  that 
were  left.  This  was  a  great  deal  more  than 
they  had  when  they  first  began  to  feed  the 
people. 


JESUS  FEEDS  THK  PEOPLE. 


180  FJfWT   HT^l'H    FOK    lATllAl    FEET. 

It  wan  JesuH  who  made  the  bread  and  fish 
k(',(:\>  on  corning  into  the  apostles'  hands  until 
all  the  people  had  enough.  This  was  a  mir- 
acle, I  have  told  yon  that  men  cannot  do 
miracles;  but  JeHim  could  do  them,  because 
he  is  the  Hon  of  (iod,  and  he  can  do  the 
sam(j  things  that  (iod   cfin   do. 

\Vh<\<  <\'\<\  .JrHiiH  ;ind  lii-i  jipostlos  ^o  in  u  boat  .-' 

VV^ho  followed  tlicni  to  tliat  place? 

WaH  JcHiiH  vory  kind  to  tin;  p(;(»})l(;  when  tliey  came 
t^>  tlie  jilaee  where  he  wan? 

VV'iiy  (li'l  the  apostlen  want  Jesu.s  to  send  the  people 
away? — ho  that  ihey  /iiij.';lit  huy  what? 

Who  did  .lesuH  Hay  should  {^ive  tlieni  Hometln'iig 
U>  eat? 

Wlint  did  tlic  ;i|)OHtleH  a.sk  Jesus  when  he  told 
tlierri    thir.  ? 

I  low  niiuiy  loaves  and  fiHhes  did  the  apostles 
have  ? 

Where  did  Jesus  (ell  (he  apostles  to  make  the 
people  -i(  down  ? 

Who  did  .lesns  (h;iid<  ("or  (he  (1\'(!  loaves  of  bread 
and  (he  (wo  small  fishes  ? 

/\('(er   he   hiid  broken   (h(;m    (o   pieces,  who  did  he 

^i  Ve   ( lie  pieces  (()  ■/ 

While  (he  iiposdes  were  j^iving  the  pieces  of"  bread 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    UTTLE    FEET. 


ISI 


and  fisli  to  tlie  j>tx>plo,  did  mojv  kivp  ciMninjj  huo  tho 
ajx^tk^'  hands? 

Did  all  the  p«.x»pIo  got  as  nmoli  as  iluv  \v;uitt\l  to 
eat? 

How  many  Iviskets  full  of  pi^ws  woix^  loft  lyius^ 
on  tho  givund  ? 

AMio  was  it  niado  tho  piovvs  o{  bivad  and  fish 
kvvp  on  examine:  into  tho  apostlos'  hands  until  all  tho 
jx^oplo  had  onousrh  ? 

When  Josus  did  this,  what  was  it? 

Whv  could  Josus  do  miraolos  ? 


182  FIRST   STEPS   FOR   LITTLE    FEET. 


51.  After  all  the  people  had  eaten  as 
much  as  they  wanted,  Jesus  sent  them  away 
to  their  homes.  The  apostles  he  sent  away  in 
a  boat  to  sail  over  to  the  other  side  of  the 
sea,  but  Jesus  stayed  by  himself  on  the  shore. 
And  when  the  apostles  had  gone,  he  went  up 
alone  on  a  mountain  to  pray,  and  there  he 
kneeled  down  on  the  ground  and  prayed  to 
God. 

In  the  night  Jesus  came  down  from  the 
mountain  and  stood  on  the  shore,  and  he  saw 
the  apostles,  out  in  the  middle  of  the  sea, 
roAving  their  boat  with  oars ;  for  the  wind  was 
blowing  against  them,  and  the  waves  were 
rough  and  stormy. 


JESUS  PKAiS  ON  Tllii  MOUN'IAIN. 


184  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Then  Jesus  went  out  to  them,  walking  on 
the  sea.  He  walked  on  the  sea  just  the  same 
as  if  it  had  been  dry  land.  And  when  the 
apostles  saw  him  coming  they  were  afraid  ; 
and  they  cried  out  with  fear,  for  they  thought 
it  must  be  a  spirit. 

But  Jesus  said  to  them,  Do  not  be  afraid ; 
it  is  I.  And  one  of  the  apostles,  whose  name 
was  Peter,  spoke  to  Jesus  out  of  the  boat  and 
asked  Jesus  if  he  might  come  to  him  on  the 
water.  And  Jesus  told  Peter  to  come.  Then 
Peter  got  down  out  of  the  boat  and  began  to 
walk  on  the  water  to  Jesus. 

But  when  he  heard  the  loud  winds  and  saw 
the  great  waves  dashing  around  him,  he  was 
afraid  and  began  to  sink,  and  he  said,  Lord, 
save  me,  or  I  shall  be  drowned. 

Then  Jesus  put  out  his  hand  and  held  Pe- 
ter up,  so  that  he  did  not  sink  down  under  the 
water.  And  Jesus  said  to  Peter,  Why  were 
you  afraid,  when  I  w^as  near  you  to  take  care 
of  you  ? 

Then  Jesus  and  Peter  came  into  the  boat, 
and  as  soon  as  they  came  there  the  boat  came 
to  the  shore  at  the  place  where  the  apostles 


186  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


wanted  it  to  be.  And  when  they  got  out  of 
the  boat  and  walked  on  the  land,  the  people 
heard  that  Jesus  was  there ;  and  they  began  to 
bring  their  sick  friends  for  him  to  cure  them. 
And,  wherever  he  went,  the  people  brought 
sick  persons  lying  on  beds,  and  they  laid  them 
in  the  streets,  so  that  they  might  only  touch 
his  clothes  as  he  passed  by  ;  and  every  one 
who  touched  him  was  made  well. 


After  the  people  had  eaten  as  much  as  they  wanted, 
where  did  Jesus  send  them  ? 

Where  did  he  send  the  apostles  in  a  boat  ? 

After  they  had  gone,  what  did  Jesus  go  up  on  the 
mountain  to  do  ? 

When  he  came  down  from  the  mountain,  where 
could  he  see  the  apostles  ? 

How  did  Jesus  go  out  to  them  ? 

When  the  apostles  saw  him  coming,  how  did  they 
feel? 

What  did  Jesus  say  to  them  ? 

What  did  Peter  ask  Jesus  if  he  might  do  ? 

What  happened  to  Peter  while  he  was  walking  on 
the  water  to  Jesus  ? 

How  did  Jesus  save  him  from  sinking? 

What  did  Jesus  say  to  Peter? 


wrii 


188  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Where  did  the  boat  come  to  as  soon  as  Jesus  and 
Peter  got  into  it  ? 

AVhen  Jesus  got  out  of  the  boat  and  walked  on 
the  land,  who  did  the  people  bring  to  him  lying  on 
their  beds  ? 

Did  Jesus  make  all  the  sick  people  well  ? 


52 .  A  WOMAN  came  to  Jesus  and  told  him 
that  an  evil  spirit  had  gone  into  her  daughter, 
and  that  the  evil  spirit  troubled  her  daughter ; 
and  the  woman  begged  Jesus  to  make  the 
sjDirit  go  out.  At  first  Jesus  turned  away 
from  the  woman,  as  if  he  would  not  listen 
to  her. 

He  did  this  only  to  try  w^hether  she  really 
believed  he  could  cure  her  child.  But  w^hen 
she  saw  him  turn  away,  she  did  not  stop  j^ray- 
ing  to  him.  Instead  of  doing  so,  she  only 
prayed  to  him  more ;  and  she  kneeled  down 
at  his  feet  and  said,  Lord,  help  me. 

Then  Jesus  told  the  woman  that  because  she 
believed  he  could  make  her  daughter  well,  and 
because  she  prayed  to  him  to  do  it,  he  would 
make  her  w^ell .  And  when  the  woman  went  back 


JESUS  TELl-S  THE   WOMAN    HKK    DAfUUTKR  SHALL    BE   WELL. 


190  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


to  lier   house,  she  found  that  the  evil  spirit 
had  gone  out,  and  her  daughter  was  welL 


AVhat  did  tlie  woman  who  came  to  Jesus  tell  him 
was  the  matter  with  her  daughter? 

What  did  Jesus  do  at  first,  when  the  woman  spoke 
to  him? 

Did  the  woman  stop  praying  to  him  wlien  she  saw 
him  turn  away? 

AMicn  Jesus  saw  how  she  kept  on  praying  to  him, 
what  did  he  say  he  would  do  ? 

When  the  woman  went  home  to  her  house,  what 
did  she  find  ? 


53.  Jesus  came  to  a  city  named  Beth- 
saida,  and  some  persons  brought  a  blind  man 
to  him ;  and  they  begged  Jesus  to  make  the 
blind  man  able  to  see.  And  Jesus  pitied  the 
man,  and  took  him  by  the  hand,  and  led  him 
out  of  the  town ;  and  he  put  his  hands  on  the 
blind  man's  eyes,  and  then  asked  him  if  he 
could  see. 

The  blind  man  said  yes,  he  could  see,  but 
he  could  not  see  well,  for  the  men  who  were 
passing  by  did  not  look  like  men  :  they  looked 


1   -^  -^  ^  ■> 


JESLS    MAKES   THE    ULINU    MAN    AULE   TO    SEE. 


192  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


SO  large  and  high  that  they  seemed  to  be  trees 
walking  along. 

Then  Jesus  put  his  hands  on  the  blind 
man's  eyes  again,  and  after  that  his  eyes 
were  made  well,  and  he  could  see  everything 
plainly. 

When  Jesus  came  to  Bethsaida,  who  was  brought 
to  him  ? 

What  did  Jesus  do  to  the  blind  man's  eyes  to  make 
them  well  ? 

Was  the  man  able  to  see  plainly  at  first? 

What  did  he  say  the  men  who  were  passing  by 
looked  like? 

What  did  Jesus  do  to  his  eyes  then  ? 

What  was  the  man  able  to  do  after  that? 


54.  Jesus  took  three  of  his  apostles  with 
him,  and  he  went  up  on  a  lonely  mountain  to 
pray.  And  while  he  was  praying  his  face 
was  changed,  so  that  it  looked  bright  and 
shining,  like  the  sun.  And  his  clothes  looked 
as  white  as  snow. 

And  all  at  once  two  men  came  there.    They 


JESUS  ON   TlIK   MOUNTAIN. 


13 


194  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


did  not  look  like  other  men  :  they  looked 
more  beautiful.  For  these  two  men  had  come 
from  the  world  where  good  joeople  go  when 
they  die. 

We  do  not  know  Avhere  that  world  is. 
But  these  tw^o  men  lived  in  that  world,  and 
now  they  had  come  back  to  this  world  where 
we  live,  and  wdiere  they  used  to  live.  But 
they  had  come  back  for  only  a  little  wdiile  to 
talk  with  Jesus. 

And  presently  a  bright  cloud  came  on  the 
mountain,  and  it  covered  the  three  apostles, 
and  they  heard  a  voice  speaking  out  of  the 
cloud.  It  was  God's  voice.  It  said  that 
Jesus  was  God's  dear  Son,  and  that  the 
apostles  should  mind  him. 

When  the  aj30stles  heard  God's  voice,  they 
were  very  much  afraid;  and  they  kneeled 
down  and  put  their  faces  to  the  ground.  But 
Jesus  came  and  put  his  hand  on  them,  and 
told  them  to  stand  up  and  not  be  afraid. 

And  they  stood  up  and  looked  around,  but 
the  two  men  w  ere  not  there  now :  they  had 
gone  back  to  that  beautiful  world  wdiere  they 
lived. 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  195 


Whore  did  Jesus  go  with  three  of"  his  apostles  to 
])rav  ? 

While  he  was  praying  how  was  his  face  changed? 

Aud  his  clothes  looked  as  ^vhite  as  what? 

Who  came  there  to  talk  with  Jesus? 

Did  these  two  men  look  like  other  men  ? 

How  did  they  look  diiferent  from  other  men  ? 

What  world  did  these  men  live  in  ? 

Do  we  know  where  that  world  is  ? 

What  did  these  two  men  come  back  to  this  world 
for  ? 

What  came  on  the  mountain  and  covered  the  apos- 
tles ? — a  bright  what  ? 

Whose  voice  spoke  out  of  the  cloud  ? 

What  did  God's  voice  say  ? 

How  did  the  apostles  feel  when  they  heard  God's 
voice  ? 

When  the  apostles  got  up  from  the  ground,  were 
the  two  men  there  ? 

Where  had  they  gone? 


196  FIEST    STEPS    FOE,    LITTLE    FEET. 


55.  Now,  although  Jesus  hud  been  so 
kind  to  the  people  in  that  land,  these  peo- 
ple did  not  love  him.  And  why  did  they 
not  love  Jesus  ?  Because  he  told  them  about 
their  sins.  Their  sins  were  the  bad  thinos 
that  they  did,  and  Jesus  said  they  must  stop 
doing  those  things ;  for  if  they  did  not  stop, 
God  would  punish  them. 

But  the  people  did  not  want  to  stop,  and 
they  did  not  want  to  be  told  about  their  sins. 
They  were  angry  at  Jesus  for  telling  about 
them,  and  they  wanted  to  kill  him,  so  that  he 
could  not  speak  about  them  any  more. 

But  Jesus  knew  what  they  were  going  to  do 
to  him,  and  he  told  the  apostles  that  some  day 
the  people  would  kill  him.  But  he  said  he 
would  come  to  life  again,  and  would  come 
up  out  of  the  grave  where  the  people  would 
hirrx  him. 

Had  Jesus  been  very  kind  to  the  people  in  that 
land  ? 

Why  did  they  not  love  him,  then  ? 

A\  hat  are  our  sins  ? 

What  did  the  people  want  to  do  to  Jesus  for  telling 
them  about  their  sins  ? 


198  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Did  Jesus  know  they  wanted  to  kill  him  ? 
What  did  Jesus  tell  the  apostles  he  would  do  after 
the  people  had  killed  him  and  buried  him  in  the 


grave  ? 


56.  A  MAi^  came  to  Jesus  and  kneeled 
down  on  the  ground  before  him,  and  he 
said,  Master,  I  have  brought  my  son  to  you, 
for  an  evil  spirit  has  gone  into  him.  And 
sometimes  this  evil  spirit  makes  my  son  fall 
into  the  fire,  and  sometimes  into  the  water, 
because  it  wants  to  kill  him. 

Jesus  said.  Bring  your  son  to  me.  So  they 
brought  him  to  Jesus.  And  while  they  were 
bringing  him,  the  evil  spirit  made  him  fall 
dow^n  on  the  ground.  Then  Jesus  asked  his 
father  how^  long  ago  it  was  when  the  evil 
spirit  went  into  his  son. 

And  his  father  said  it  was  many  years  ago, 
when  his  son  was  only  a  little  child.  And 
the  man  said  to  Jesus,  If  you  can  do  any- 
thing for  us,  have  pity  on  us  and  help  us. 
Then  Jesus  said  to  the  evil  spirit,  Come  out 
of  the  young  man,  and  do  not  go  into  him 
again. 


200  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Then  the  spirit  came  out ;  but  as  he  was 
coming,  he  shook  the  young  man  and  made 
him  so  weak  and  sick  that  he  seemed  as  if 
he  were  dead ;  and  many  of  the  peoj^le  who 
saw  him  lying  on  the  ground  said,  He  is  dead. 

But  Jesus  took  the  young  man  by  the  hand 
and  lifted  him  up ;  and  he  stood  on  his  feet, 
and  was  well.  And  Jesus  gave  him  to  his 
father. 

What  was  the  matter  with  the  young  man  who  was 
brought  to  Jesus  ? 

What  did  the  evil  spirit  do  to  him  sometimes? 

Why  did  the  evil  spirit  do  this? 

What  did  Jesus  say  to  the  evil  spirit  ? 

Did  the  spirit  mind  Jesus  ? 

But  what  did  he  do  to  the  young  man  as  ho  came 
out  of  him  ? 

AVhat  did  many  of  the  people  say  as  they  saw  him 
lying  on  the  ground  ? 

But  Avheu  Jesus  took  him  by  the  hand  and  lifted 
him  up,  Avas  he  well  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  201 


57.  One  day,  when  the  apostles  were 
walking  along  together,  they  began  to  quar- 
rel with  each  other.  Each  one  of  them 
wanted  the  others  to  mind  him,  and  this 
made  them  quarrel. 

When  they  came  into  the  house,  Jesus  ask- 
ed them  what  they  had  been  quarrelling  about. 
But  they  were  ashamed,  and  did  not  like  to 
tell  him ;  for  they  thought  he  had  not  heard 
them.  But  he  knoAvs  everything  we  say,  and 
he  knew  what  they  had  said  when  they  were 
quarrelling  with  one  another. 

Then  Jesus  told  the  apostles  that  they  must 
not  want  other  persons  to  mind  them,  but  they 
must  be  willing  to  mind  what  other  persons 
said.  For  Jesus  is  not  j)leased  with  us  when 
we  are  proud  and  when  we  think  ourselves 
better  than  other  persons.  He  is  pleased  with 
us  when  we  think  other  persons  better  than 
ourselves. 


What  did  the  apostles  do  while  they  were  walking 
together  one  day  ? 

What  made  them  quarrel  ? 

Did  they  think  that  Jesus  had  heard  what  they 
said? 


THE  APOSTLES   QUARREL  WITH  ONE  ANOTHER. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    iJTTI.E    FEET. 


203 


Docs  not  Jesus  know  everything  we  say  ? 

Wlien  he  asked  the  apostles  why  they  had  been 
quarrelling,  how  did  they  feel  ? 

AMiat  did  he  say  about  their  wanting  others  to 
mind  them  ? 

Is  Jesus  pleased  with  us  when  we  are  proud,  and 
when  we  think  that  we  are  better  than  other  per- 
sons ? 

Does  he  teach  us  to  think  other  persons  better  than 
ourselves  ? 


204  FIRST    HTEHS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 

58.  I  TOLD  you  about  the  beautiful  church, 
called  the  Temple,  tliat  was  in  the  city  of 
Jerusalem.  Some  ministers  always  stayed 
at  the  Temple,  and  the  people  used  to  send 
money  to  tlieni. 

One  day  a  man  came  to  tlie  apostle  whose 
name  was  Peter,  and  the  man  asked  Peter  for 
some  money  to  send  to  the  ministci's  at  the 
Temple.  And  Jesus  told  Peter  he  would 
give  the  man  some  money. 

But  Jesus  Avas  poor,  and  how  could  he  get 
the  money  ?  In  this  way  :  Jesus  said  that 
Peter  should  take  a  long  line,  or  string,  with 
a  sharp  liook  at  the  end  of  it,  and  lie  should 
let  the  hook  down  into  the  water. 

And  Jesus  said  that  a  fish  would  come  and 
be  caught  on  the  hook.  Then  Peter  must 
pull  up  the  fish ;  and  he  must  0})cn  its  mouth, 
and  there  he  would  find  a  i^iece  of  money. 

So  Peter  did  as  Jesus  told  him.  He  took 
the  line  with  the  sharp  hook  tied  to  the  end 
of  it,  and  he  went  to  the  sea  and  let  tlie  hook 
down  into  the  water ;  and  a  fish  came,  and 
was  caught  fast  on  the  hook. 

Then,  when  Peter  felt  the  fish   i)ulling  at 


rETEB  TAKES  XUK  MONEY  OUT  Of  THE  MOL'TU  Of  TUE   flSll. 


206  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


the  line  and  trying  to  get  away,  he  drew  up 
the  hook  with  the  fish  fast  to  it.  And  Peter 
took  the  fish  into  his  hand  ;  and  he  opened 
its  mouth,  and  found  the  piece  of  money 
there,  just  as  Jesus  had  said. 

And  Peter  gave  the  money  to  the  man  wdio 
had  asked  for  it,  so  that  he  might  send  it  to 
the  ministers  at  the  Temjjle. 


Who  used  to  stay  at  tlie  beautiful  cliurch  called 
the  Tem})le  ? 

What  did  tlie  people  use  to  send  to  the  miuisters 
at  the  Temple  ? 

AA'^hen  a  man  asked  Peter  for  some  mouey,  where 
did  Jesus  say  he  would  find  it? 

Did  Peter  find  the  money  in  the  fish's  mouth  ? 

What  did  Peter  do  with  the  mouey  that  he  fouud 
there  ? 


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FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


207 


59.  Sometimes  little  children  want  to  do 
wrong,  and  they  love  to  do  it  more  than  they 
love  to  do  right.     But  Jesus  says  we  must  not 


LITILK   C11ILDKE:<    ML'ST   FOKulVE   KACH  OTHEK. 


do  what  is  wrong ;  and  if  we  are  doing  wrong, 
we  must  stop  doing  it,  no  matter  how  hard  it 
is  to  stop. 

For  if  we  know  that  we  are  doing  wrong, 
and  go  on  doing  it,  and  will  not  stop,  then 
we  shall  be  punished  for  it  after  we  die.     But 


208  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


if  we  mind  God  and  do  what  is  right,  we  shall 
be  taken  up  to  heaven  after  we  die. 

Jesus  said  that  if  any  person  is  unkind  to 
us,  and  afterward  that  j^erson  comes  and  tells 
us  he  is  sorry  for  it,  we  must  forgive  him. 
And  if  he  is  unkind  to  us  a  great  many  times, 
and  afterward  tells  us  he  is  sorry,  we  must 
forgive  him  every  time,  no  matter  how  often 
it  may  be. 

Do  little  chiklreu  sometimes  love  to  do  Ma'oug 
more  than  tliev  love  to  do  right  ? 

If  Ave  go  ou  doing  wrong,  and  will  not  stop,  what 
will  be  done  to  us  after  we  die? 

But  if  v/e  mind  God  and  do  what  is  right,  where 
will  we  be  taken  to  after  we  die? 

If  any  person  is  unkind  to  us,  and  afterward  he 
comes  and  tells  us  he  is  sorry  for  it,  what  must  we 
do? 

Must  we  forgive  him  every  time  he  tells  us  he  is 
sorry,  no  luatter  how  often  it  is  ? 


riK8T    STEl'8    roll    LITTJ.E    FEKT.  209 


60.  Jesus  told  the  apostles  a  story  about 
a  Icing.  This  king  had  a  servant-man  who 
worked  for  him,  and  the  servant-man  had 
some  of  the  king's  money ;  and  now  the  king 
wanted  him  to  pay  it  back. 
.  But  the  servant-man  could  not  do  this,  for 
he  had  no  money  to  pay  the  king  with.  Then 
the  kino-  said  that  the  servant  and  the  ser- 
vant's  wife  and  all  his  little  children  must  be 
sold,  so  that  the  king  might  get  the  money  that 
was  paid  for  them. 

But  when  the  servant  heard  what  the  king 
said,  he  was  very  sorry ;  and  he  came  to  the 
king,  and  kneeled  down  on  the  ground  before 
him,  and  begged  him  to  wait  a  little  while 
until  he  should  go  and  try  to  get  some  money, 
and  as  soon  as  he  got  it,  he  said,  he  would  come 
l)ack  and  pay  the  king  all  that  he  owed 
him. 

And  when  the  king  saw  how  much  troubled 
the  servant  was,  he  pitied  him,  and  said  that 
the  servant  and  his  wife  and  their  little  chil- 
dren should,  not  be  sold.  And  he  told  the 
servant  that  he  would  forgive  him  for  the 
money,  and  that  he  need  not  ever  pay  it. 
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210  FIRST    STEPS    FOll    LITTLE    FEET. 


Then  the  servant  was  very  glad,  and  he 
thanked  the  king  for  being  so  kind  to  liim. 

But  when  he  went  out  of  the  king's  house, 
he  met  a  man  wlio  owed  him  some  money ; 
and  the  servant  told  the  man  that  he  must 
pay  him  the  money.  But  the  man  could  not 
do  it.  He  said  that  he  would  pay  it  as  soon 
as  he  could,  but  he  could  not  do  it  then. 

But  the  king's  servant  would  not  wait,  and 
he  caught  hold  of  the  man's  throat  and  said. 
Pay  me  the  money  you  owe  me.  And  be- 
cause the  poor  man  could  not  do  it  right  away 
the  servant  sent  him  to  prison,  to  be  shut  up 
there. 

When  the  king  heard  what  his  servant  had 
done,  he  was  very  angry  ;  and  he  called  the 
servant  to  him  and  said,  O  wicked  servant,  I 
forgave  you  when  you  could  not  pay  me,  and 
you  ought  to  forgive  this  poor  man  when  he 
cannot  pay  you.  Then  the  king  sent  the 
cruel  servant  away  to  be  punished. 

This  story  is  to  teach  us  that  we  must  be 
willing  to  forgive  other  persons-  when  they 
have  done  wrong,  or  when  they  owe  us  some- 
thing that  they  cannot  pay  us.    For  if  we  do 


HE   TAKBS   TllK    MAN    BV    THK   THKOAT. 


212  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


not  forgive  other  persons,  God  will  not  for- 
give us. 

"What  was  it  that  the  servant  owed  the  king  in  this 
story  ? 

When  the  servant  could  not  pay  the  money,  what 
did  the  king  say  must  be  done  to  him,  and  his  wife, 
and  his  children  ? 

When  the  servant  heard  this,  what  did  he  kneel 
down  and  ask  the  king  to  do? 

Did  the  king  pity  the  servant  and  forgive  him,  and 
say  that  he  need  not  pay  the  money  at  all  ? 

But  when  the  servant  went  out  of  the  king's  house, 
whom  did  he  meet  ? 

What  did  the  servant  do  to  the  man  ? 

When  the  man  asked  him  to  wait  until  he  could 
get  some  money  to  pay  him  with,  was  the  servant 
willing  to  wait? 

Where  did  he  send  the  man  ? 

How  did  the  king  feel  when  he  heard  how  cruel 
his  servant  had  been  ? 

Where  did  the  king  send  hmi  ? 

This  story  is  to  teach  us  that  we  must  be  willing  to 
do  what  to  other  persons  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  213 


61.  AVhile  Jesus  and  his  apostles  were 
walking  along  together,  they  came  near  to 
a  little  town,  or  village.  A  good  many  peo- 
ple lived  in  this  village,  and  Jesus  sent  some 
of  his  apostles  to  ask  them  if  they  would  not 
let  him  stop  there,  and  rest,  and  get  some  food 
to  eat. 

But  the  people  in  the  village  were  unkind 
to  Jesus,  and  would  not  let  him  stop.  Then 
two  of  the  apostles,  named  James  and  John, 
were  very  angry,  and  wanted  to  punish  the 
jieople.  And  they  asked  Jesus  to  let  them 
bring  down  fire  from  the  sky,  that  would 
burn  up  the  village  and  all  the  people  who 
lived  there. 

But  Jesus  would  not  let  them  do  this,  and 
he  w^as  displeased  with  James  and  John  for 
wanting  to  do  so  cruel  a  thing.  Jesus  told 
them  that  he  did  not  come  downi  to  this  world 
to  make  persons  die,  but  he  came  to  save  them 
from  dying. 

And  he  would  not  punish  the  people  who 
were  unkind  to  him,  but  he  went  on  to  another 
village,  and  stopped  there  to  rest  and  get  food 
to  eat. 


i\w/flm\ 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  215 


What  did  Jesus  send  some  of  his  apostles  into  a 
vinaG;e  to  ask? 

^^'llat  did  the  people  say  when  the  apostles  asked 
them  ? 

How  did  the  apostles  James  and  John  feel  when 
the  people  said  this? 

What  did  they  ask  Jesus  to  let  them  do  to  punish 
the  people? 

Was  Jesus  displeased  with  the  apostles  for  wanting 
to  do  so  cruel  a  thing? 

Instead  of  punishing  the  people  of  that  village,  what 
did  Jesus  do? 


62.  Jesus  told  the  people  a  story  about  a 
man  who  was  going  along  a  road  that  was 
very  lonely  and  still.  There  were  rocks  and 
caves  beside  this  road,  where  robbers  used  to 
hide.  And  all  at  once  some  robbers  came 
out  of  the  place  where  they  had  been  hiding, 
and  they  stopped  the  man,  and  took  away  his 
money  and  his  clothes,  and  everything  that 
he  had. 

They  not  only  did  this  to  him,  but  they 
beat  him,  and  hurt  him  so  much  that  he 
could  Jiot  walk  any  further ;  and  he  had  to 


216  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


lie  down  on  the  ground.  Then  the  robbers 
went  away  and  left  him  lying  there,  half  dead. 

And  after  a  while  a  man  who  was  going 
along  that  road  came  to  the  place.  This 
man  was  a  minister ;  he  used  to  stay  at  the 
Temple  and  teach  the  peoj^le  to  be  good 
and  kind  to  each  other. 

But  he  was  not  good  and  kind  himself,  for 
he  would  not  help  the  poor  sick  man.  He 
would  not  take  the  trouble  to  help  him.  In- 
stead of  doing  so,  he  crossed  over  to  the  other 
side  of  the  road,  and  pretended  he  did  not 
see  him,  and  went  away. 

Soon  another  man  passed  by ;  but  he  did 
not  help  the  poor  man,  either.  He  walked 
on,  just  as  the  minister  had  done,  and  left  him 
lying  on  the  ground  where  he  found  him. 

But  after  these  two  cruel  men  had  gone,  a 
man  came  along  who  was  called  a  Samaritan. 
He  was  riding  on  an  ass.  As  soon  as  he  saw 
the  man  lying  in  the  road  he  stopped,  and 
got  off  the  ass,  and  went  to  him. 

And  he  lifted  him  up  very  carefully  and 
put  him  on  the  ass,  and  he  walked  beside 
him,  with  his  arm  around  him,  holding  him, 


THE  GOOD  SAMARITAN. 


218  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


SO  that  he  woukl  not  fall  off.  And  lie  took 
him  to  a  house  that  was  near,  and  there  he 
stayed  with  him  all  night  and  nursed  him. 

And  the  next  day,  when  he  had  to  go  away, 
he  gave  some  money  to  the  man  who  lived  in 
the  house,  and  told  him  to  care  for  the  sick 
man  until  he  got  well. 

This  story  is  to  teach  us  that  we  must  be 
like  the  Good  Samaritan.  We  must  be  kind 
to  persons  who  are  sick,  and  who  have  no  one 
to  take  care  of  them ;  and  we  must  help 
them  whenever  we  can.  We  must  do  this 
even  when  it  gives  us  trouble  to  do  it,  and 
even  if  the  person  is  some  one  we  never  saw 
before. 

Who  came  out  and  stopped  the  niau  as  lie  was 
going  along  the  road  in  this  story? 

What  did  the  robbers  take  away  from  the  man  ? 

What  else  did  they  do  to  him  ? 

Who  came  walking  along  by  that  place  first? 

What  did  this  minister  use  to  teach  the  people  to 
do? 

But  was  he  good  and  kind  himself? 

Instead  of  helpins;  the  poor  sick  man,  what  did 
this  minister  do  now? 


FIRST    STKPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  219 


What  did  the  man  who  passed  by  next  do  ? 

But  wlien  the  Good  Samaritan  came,  what  did  he 
do  to  the  poor  sick  man  ? 

This  story  is  meant  to  teach  us  that  we  must  be 
like  whom  ? 

]\Iust  we  always  be  kind  to  persons  who  are  sick 
or  in  trouble? 


63.  Jesus  came  to  a  village  named  Beth- 
any. A  woman  named  IMartha  lived  there, 
and  she  asked  Jesus  to  come  to  her  house. 
Martha  had  a  sister  named  Mary. 

When  Jesus  came  into  the  house,  Mary 
stopped  doing  her  work ;  and  she  sat  down 
by  his  ■  feet,  so  that  she  might  listen  to  what 
he  said.  For  Mary  wanted  Jesus  to  teach  her 
about  God,  and  to  tell  her  what  she  must  do 
to  please  God. 

But  IMartha  thought  that  Mary  should  go 
on  doing  her  work  ;  and  she  asked  Jesus  to 
tell  Mary  to  go  on  with  her  work.  But  Jesus 
said  that  Mary  did  right  to  stop  and  listen  to 
him.  It  was  better  for  Mary  to  learn  how  to 
please  God,  Jesus  said,  than  it  was  even  to  go 
on  doinc:  her  work. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


221 


What  was  tlie  name  of  the  woman  who  asked 
Jesus  to  come  to  her  liousc  ? 

What  was  the  name  of  Martha's  sister  ? 

When  Jesus  came  into  the  house,  where  did  INIary 
sit  down  ? 

Why  did  she  sit  down  at  his  feet? 

Was  Martlia  pleased  at  this  ? 

What  did  slie  ask  Jesus  to  tell  ]\Iary  to  do  ? 

But  what  did  Jesus  say  when  Martha  asked  this? 


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FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


64.  A  MAN  asked  Jesus  to  teach  him  what 
he  should  say  when  he  said  his  prayers. 
Jesus  tokl  the  man  to  say,  ■  Our  Father  who 
art  in  heaven,  HalloAved  be  thy  name.  Thy 
kingdom  come.     Thy  will  be  done  on  earth 


OUR   FATHER    WHO   ART   IN    HEAVEN. 


as  it  is  in  heaven.  Give  us  this  day  our  daily 
bread.  And  forgive  us  our  trespasses,  as  we 
forgive  those  who  trespass  against  us.  And 
lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver  us 
from  evil ;  for  thine  is  the  kingdom,  the 
power,  and  the  glory  for  ever.     Anien. 


FIK«T    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  22o 


This  is  called  the  Lord's  Prayer,  because 
the  Lord  Jesus  teaches  us  to  say  it.  But 
whenever  we  say  this  prayer,  we  must  re- 
member that  we  are  speaking  to  God;  and 
we  nmst  think  of  what  we  are  saying,  or  God 
will  not  listen  to  us. 

And  Jesus  not  only  teaches  us  to  say  the 
Lord's  Prayer,  but  he  tells  us  to  pray  to  God 
for  everything  that  we  need.  For  God  is  our 
Father  wdio  lives  uj)  in  heaven,  and  he  loves 
to  give  his  children  the  things  they  pray  to 
him  for. 

What  did  a  man  ask  Jesus  to  teach  him  ? 

What  is  the  name  of  the  prayer  that  Jesus  taught 
the  man  ? 

When  we  say  tliis  prayer,  \\'ho  arc  we  speaking 
to? 

Will  God  hsten  to  us  if  we  do  not  tliink  of  what 
we  say  ? 

Does  Jesus  tell  us  to  pray  to  God  for  everything 
that  we  ueed  ? 

What  does  God  love  to  give  to  his  chiUhL-n  '.' 


224  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


65.  As  Jesus  was  going  along  the  street, 
he  saw  a  man  who  was  blind.  This  man  had 
alw^ays  been  blind  ;  he  was  blind  when  he  was 
a  little  child.  And  now  he  had  grown  up, 
but  he  could  not  work  and  earn  money,  be- 
cause he  could  not  see. 

So  he  sat  down  in  the  street,  and  begged 
the  people  who  passed  by  to  give  him  some 
of  their  money,  so  that  he  might  buy  food  to 
•eat  and  clothes  to  wear. 

When  Jesus  saw  the  man,  he  w^as  sorry  for 
him ;  and  he  stooped  down  and  took  some 
clay  off  of  the  ground,  and  put  it  on  the 
blind  man's  eyes,  and  told  him  to  go  and 
wash  his  eyes  in  a  pool  of  water  called  the 
Pool  of  Biloam. 

Then  the  man  went  to  the  pool  and  washed, 
and  after  that  he  could  see.  But  it  was  not 
the  clay,  nor  the  water  in  the  pool,  that  cured 
his  eyes.  It  was  Jesus  who  cured  them  and 
made  the  man  able  to  see. 

When  the  peo})le  who  had  known  him  be- 
fore saw  the  blind  man  walking  along  like 
any  other  person,  with  no  one  to  lead  him, 
they    wondered,    and    said.    Is    not    this    the 


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•iUK   BLISP    MAK   WASiilCd   IN   TRE   POOL  OF  SILOAM. 


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226  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


man  who  used  to  sit  in  tlie  street  and 
beg? 

Some  of  them  said,  Yes ;  this  is  the  man. 
Others  said,  This  is  not  the  blind  man,  but  an- 
other man,  who  looks  like  him.  But  the  man 
himself  said,  I  am  he.  Then  they  asked  him 
how  he  had  been  made  well,  and  he  told  tli£m 
that  Jesus  had  made  him  well. 

But  the  men  who  asked  him  were  not 
pleased  when  he  said  this,  for  these  men 
were  wicked  ;  they  did  not  love  Jesus,  and 
they  would  not  believe  that  he  could  make 
blind  persons  well.  And  when  the  man 
said  it  was  Jesus  who  had  cured  him,  they 
were  angry  with  the  man,  and  would  not 
speak  to  him,  or  have  anything  more  to 
do  with  him. 

Jesus  heard  how  unkind  they  had  been  to 
him,  and  he  came  to  the  man  and  told  him 
that  it  was  God's  Son  who  had  made  him 
well.  For  before  that  the  man  did  not  know 
'that  Jesus  was  God's  Son.  Then,  when  he 
heard  this,  he  kneeled  down  on  the  ground 
and  worshipped  Jesus. 


THK    BLIND   MAN   SAID,  I   AM   HE. 


228  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


What  was  the  matter  with  the  man  mIioiii  Jesus 
saw  in  the  street  bcfrtrinfr? 

What  did  Jesus  put  on  the  bliiid  man's  eyes? 

After  that,  what  did  Jesus  tell  him  to  do  ? 

When  the  man  had  washed  his  eyes  in  the  pool, 
could  he  see  ? 

Had  the  water  or  the  clay  cured  his  eyes,  or  was 
it  Jesus  who  cured  them  ? 

How  did  the  people  treat  the  man  when  he  told 
them  that  it  was  Jesus  who  cured  him  ? 

When  Jesus  told  the  man  that  it  was  God's  Son 
Avho  had  made  him  well,  what  did  the  man  do? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  229 


66.  I  TOLD  you  aliout  Martha  and  her 
sister  Mary,  and  that  Jesus  went  to  their 
house.  Martha  and  Mary  had  a  brother 
named  Lazarus ;  and  after  Jesus  went  away 
iVoni  their  house,  Lazarus  got  sick.  Then 
tliey  sent  word  to  Jesus  that  their  brother 
was  sick. 

When  Jesus  heard  this,  he  came  to  them, 
for  he  loved  Martha,  and  Mary,  and  Laz- 
arus ;  but  by  the  time  he  had  come,  Lazarus 
was  dead,  and  was  buried  in  his  grave.  And 
the  people  who  were  with  Martha  and  Mary 
were  crying,  because  they  were  sorry  that 
Lazarus  was  dead. 

Jesus  asked  them  where  they  had  buried 
Lazarus,  and  they  took  him  to  the  place. 
It  was  a  cave  in  the  ground,  with  a  great 
stone  rolled  to  its  door,  to  shut  it  up.  Jesus 
said  to  the  people,  Take  away  the  stone. 
So  they  took  away  the  stone  from  the  door 
of  the  cave. 

Then  Jesus  said  with  a  loud  voice,  Laz- 
arus, come  forth.  And  as  soon  as  he  said 
tliis,  Lazarus  came  out  of  the  cave  alive, 
with  his  grave-clothes  fastened   around  him. 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  231 


Jesus  had  made  him  alive  by  speaking  those 
few  words.  And  Jesus  told  the  people  to  loosen 
his  grave-clothes,  so  that  he  might  be  able 
to  walk.  Then  Lazarus  went  with  Martha 
and  Mary  to  their  home  again,  and  lie  lived 
with  them  there  as  he  used  to  do  before. 


What  was  the  name  of  ]\Iartha  and  Mary's 
brother  ? 

When  Lazarus  got  sick,  who  did  JNIartha  and 
Mary  send  for? 

Wliat  had  happened  to  I^azarus  by  the  time  Jesus 
came  to  them  ? 

Where  had  they  buried  him  ? 

Did  they  bring  Jesus  to  the  cave? 

When  they  had  taken  away  the  stone  from  the 
door,  what  did  Jesus  say  ? 

W^hat  happened  then  ? 

Who  made  Lazarus  aliye  ? 

AVhcn  Jesus  did  this,  what  was  it? 

Can  men  do  miracles? 

Why  could  Jesus  do  miracles  ? 

After  Jesus  had  made  him  alive,  where  did  Laz- 
arus go  and  live  ? 


232 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


67.  Jesus  went  into  a  church  on  the 
Sabbath-day.  A  Avoman  was  there  who 
had  been  sick  for  a  great  many  years,  and 
her  sickness  made  her  bend  over,  so  that 
she  could  not  stand  up  straight,  as  you  can. 


THE  OX    AND  THE  ASS  ARE   LED   OUT  TO   WATEn. 

She  bent  over  when  she  walked,  and  while 
she  sat  still,  and  all  the  time :  she  could 
not  help  it. 

AVhen  Jesus  saw  her,  he  called  her  to  him 
and  told  her  that  she  should  be  well.     And 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  233 


lie  put  his  hands  on  her,  and  she  was  cured 
right  uAvay,  of  her  sickness,  and  could 
stand  u])  straight,  like  other  persons.  Then 
she  was  glad,  and  she  said  how  much  she 
thanked  God  for  being  made  well. 

But  there  was  a  man  in  the  clun-ch  wlw 
said  that  Jesus  ought  not  to  cure  sick  per- 
sons on  the  Sabbath-day,  because  God  had 
said  we  must  not  do  any  work  on  that  day. 
But  Jesus  asked  the  man  whether  he  did 
not  go  into  his  stable  on  the  Sabbath-day, 
and  untie  his  ox  and  his  ass,  and  lead  them 
out,  and  give  them  water  to  drink. 

And  if  it  was  right  to  be  kind  to  the 
ox  and  the  ass  on  the  Sabbath-day,  Jesus 
said,  was  it  not  right  to  make  this  poor 
woman  well  on  the  Sabbath-day?  Then 
all  those  persons  who  had  found  fault  with 
him  were  ashamed,  and  could  not  answer 
him ;  but  the  rest  of  the  people  were  glad 
lor  all  the  kind  things  he  had  done. 


What  was  the  matter  with  the  Avoinan  who  was 
in  tlie  chiu-cli  on  the  Sabbath-day  ? 

What  (hil  Jesus  do  to  her  to  make  her  well  ? 


234  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


AMiy  did  a  man  in  the  church  say  that  Jesus 
ought  not  to  cure  the  woman  on  that  day  ? 

What  did  Jesus  ask  the  man  if  he  did  for  his  ox 
and  his  ass  on  the  Sabbath-day? 

If  it  is  right  to  be  kind  to  dumb  beasts  on  the 
Sabbath-day,  ought  we  not  to  be  kind  to  poor  sick 
people  on  that  day  ? 


68.  After  tliis  a  great  many  people  came 
to  the  place  where  Jesus  was,  for  him  to  teach 
them.  Then  Jesus  said  to  tlie  peoj^le  that 
if  they  wanted  to  be  his  children,  they  must 
do  whatever  he  told  them,  even  when  it  was 
something  they  did  not  want  to  do.  They 
must  be  willing  to  take  up  the  cross,  he  said. 

Let  me  explain  to  you  what  this  means. 
Suppose  you  had  a  dollar  in  your  pocket — a 
bright  silver  dollar.  It  had  been  given  you, 
and  it  was  your  own,  to  do  what  you  pleased 
with.  Then  you  said  to  yourself,  Now  I  w^ill 
buy  that  beautiful  plaything  I  have  Avanted 
so  long.  Perhaps  it  might  be  a  little  wagon 
or  a  paint-box,  or  something  else  that  you 
wanted  very  nuicli. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


235 


And  you  started  to  go  to  the  shoj:)  where 
tliey  had  it  to  selL  But  as  you  went  you 
])as8cd  by  the  house  where  a  poor  little  boy 
Jived.     You  had  often  })hiyed  witli  him  when 


THK    SICK    BOY. 


he  was  well,  but  now  he  was  sick,  and  you 
knew  that  his  mother  had  not  money  enough 
to  l)uy  him  the  things  that  he  wanted. 

You  sto})ped  by  the  door,  and  you  remem- 
bered  how   kind   Jesus  was    in   makins:   sick 


236  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


persons  well.  You  could  not  do  this,  you 
could  not  make  the  little  boy  well ;  but 
perhaps  your  money  would  buy  something 
that  would  do  him  good  and  help  to  make 
him  well. 

You  think  about  this  a  little  while ;  then 
you  open  the  door  and  see  the  little  boy  lying 
on  his  bed.  You  go  up  to  him,  and  speak 
kindly  to  him,  and  j)ut  your  dollar  in  his 
hand.  You  are  going  to  do  without  the 
beautiful  plaything  that  you  wanted  so  much, 
so  that  you  may  be  kind  to  the  poor  sick 
boy. 

This  is  taking  up  the  cross.  It  is  doing 
something  that  you  would  rather  not  do ;  yet 
you  do  it  because  it  is  right. 

Or  suppose  it  is  a  pleasant  summer  morn- 
ing, and  you  are  playing  under  some  trees 
that  grow  before  your  door.  A  little  way  off 
you  can  see,  through  the  trees,  a  high  steeple 
with  a  clock  in  it.  And  while  you  are  play- 
ing, your  mother  comes  out  of  the  house. 

She  has  her  bonnet  and  shawl  on,  and  she 
says,  I  am  going  to  be  away  a  good  Avhile — 
perhaps  till  dinner-time.     You  may  play  here 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


237 


until  the  clock  in  the  steeple  strikes,  but  then 
you  must  go  in.  Then  she  stoops  down  and 
kisses  you,  and  afterward  walks  away  along 
the  street  until  you  cannot  see  her  any  more. 


THE   CLOCK    IN    THE   STKEPLE  STKIKKS. 

Then  you  begin  to  play  again.  Presently 
some  other  little  children  come  to  play  with 
you  ;  and  you  play  different  games  together, 
and  are  having  a  very  hap})y  time.  But  all 
at  once  you  hear  something  that  makes  you 


238  FIRST    STEPS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET. 


stop.  It  is  the  clock  in  the  steeple.  How 
quickly  its  big  hand  has  gone  around,  and 
how  soon  the  time  has  come  for  the  clock  to 
strike. 

You  were  just  beginning  a  new  game  ;  it 
is  so  pleasant  out  under  the  trees.  The  sun  is 
shining,  and  the  birds  are  singing,  and  the  chil- 
dren who  are  with  you  do  not  want  you  to  go. 

But  you  remember  what  your  mother  said. 
The  clock  has  struck,  so  you  bid  your  little 
friends  good-bye  and  go  into  the  house.  You 
do  not  want  to  go,  it  is  very  hard  to  go ;  but 
you  go  because  your  mother  told  you  to. 

This  is  taking  up  the  cross  to  mind  your 
mother.  And  Jesus  says  we  must  take  up  the 
cross  to  mind  him,  and  to  do  what  is  right, 
or  else  we  cannot  be  his  children. 


What  did  Jesus  tell  the  people  they  must  take  up 
if  they  wanted  to  be  his  children  ? 

Suppose  you  went  without  some  plaything  that  you 
wanted  very  much,  and  gave  the  money  to  a  poor  sick 
boy  instead ;  what  would  tliat  be  doing  ? 

Or  suppose  you  did  not  want  to  come  in  from  your 
play,  yet  you  came  because  your  mother  had  told  you 
to  :  what  would  that  be  dointi;? 


I'lKST    STJCPS    roil    lAl'TlA-:    FKI'.T.  23i) 

It  would  be  ttikint:;  iij)  the  oross  to  iiiiiul  whom".' 
Did  Jesus  say  we  must  take  up  the  eross  to  mind 
him  ■? 

If  we  Avill  not  do  this,  we  eaunot  he  what? 


69.  Jesus  told  a  story  about  a  man  who 
had  two  sons.  And  the  younger  son  came 
to  liis  father,  and  said  that  lie  wanted  all 
the  money  his  father  was  ever  going  to  give 
him.  So  his  father  gave  him  all  the  money 
he  had  for  him. 

Then  the  younger  son  took  the  money, 
and  went  away  from  his  father's  house  to 
a  country  that  was  a  great  way  off.  And 
there  he  wasted  and  spent  all  the  money 
his  flither  had  given  him,  until  he  had  none 
of  it  left. 

Then  he  had  to  go  and  work  for  a  man 
in  that  country,  so  as  to  get  food  to  eat. 
And  the  man  sent  him  out  in  his  field  to 
iced  his  swine ;  but  the  man  did  not  give 
him  enough  to  eat  himself,  and  he  was 
very  hungry. 

Then     he    was    sorrv    he    iiad    ijone    awav 


240  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


from  his  father's  house.  He  remembered 
that  when  he  was  there  he  used  to  have 
plenty  to  eat,  and  more  than  he  wanted. 
So  he  said  to  himself,  I  will  go  back  to  my 
father,  and  tell  him  how  sorry  I  am  that 
I  went  away  and  left  him,  and  then  perhaj^s 
he  will  forgive  me  and  let  me  live  at  his 
house  again. 

So  he  started  to  go  back  to  his  father's 
house ;  but  while  he  was  a  good  way  off, 
his  father  saw  him  coming.  Then  his  father 
did  not  wait  for  him  to  come  any  nearer, 
but  he  ran  out  of  the  house  to  meet  him, 
and  put  his  arms  around  his  neck,  and 
kissed  him. 

Then  the  son  began  to  tell  his  father  how 
sorry  he  was  that  he  had  been  so  wicked 
as  to  go  away  and  leave  him.  But  his 
father  was  so  glad  to  see  him  he  would  not 
let  him  say  any  more.  He  called  the  ser- 
vants to  bring  out  new  clothes  and  put  on 
him,  and  to  put  a  ring  on  his  finger,  and 
new  shoes  on  his  feet. 

And  make  a  feast,  the  father  said,  and 
let  us  be  happy ;   because  my  son  who  had 


^nV\ 


^/i 


?'. 


16 


242  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET, 


gone  away  and  left  me  has  come  back  again. 
I  thought  he  was  lost,  but  now  he  is  found. 

This  story  is  meant  to  teach  us  something. 
It  is  meant  to  teach  us  that  if  we  have  been 
wicked,  but  now  are  sorry  for  it,  and  will 
go  to  our  heavenly  Father  and  tell  him  we 
are  sorry,  then  he  will  forgive  us,  just  as 
the  father  in  this  story  forgave  his  son  when 
his  son  came  back  and  told  him. 


What  did  the  younger  son  in  this  story  ask  his 
father  to  give  him  ? 

When  his  father  had  given  him  the  money,  where 
did  the  younger  son  go? 

After  he  had  spent  all  his  money,  what  did  he 
have  to  do,  so  as  to  get  bread  to  eat. 

Did  the  man  he  worked  for  give  him  as  much 
food  as  he  wanted  ? 

AVheu  he  got  very  hungry,  where  did  the  younger 
son  say  he  would  go? 

When  his  father  saw  him  coming,  Avhat  did  his 
father  do? 

Did  his  father  forgive  him  when  he  saw  how  sorry 
he  was  for  being  so  wicked  ? 

Will  God  forgive  us  if  we  tell  him  we  are  sorry 
for  the  wicked  things  we  have  done,  and  do  them 
no  more? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  243 


70.  Jesus  told  the  people  another  story. 
It  was  about  a  rich  man  who  had  a  great 
deal  of  money  and  could  l)uy  everything 
he  wanted.  He  wore  beautiful  clothes,  and 
had  nice  things  to  eat  every  day.  And  in 
the  same  city  where  the  rich  man  lived  there 
was  a  poor  man.     His  name  was  Lazarus. 

And  Lazarus  was  not  only  poor,  but  he 
was  sick  and  weak,  and  his  body  was  covered 
witii  sores.  And  because  he  was  so  poor  and 
sick,  his  friends  used  to  carry  him  and  lay 
him  down  outside  of  the  rich  man's  door, 
so  that  he  might  get  the  pieces  of  bread 
that  were  left  after  the  rich  man  was  done 
eating  his  dinner. 

And  the  dogs  that  were  in  the  street 
seemed  to  pity  Lazarus,  for  they  came  and 
licked  his  sores. 

And  poor  sick  Lazarus  died.  Then  God 
sent  some  of  his  good  angels  for  him,  and 
the  angels  came  and  carried  Lazarus  up  to 
iieaven.  But  he  was  not  sick  or  poor  any 
more  when  he  got  to  heaven,  for  God  loved 
him,  and  made  him  well,  and  gave  him  every- 
thing to  make  him  happy.  ^ 


LAZAliUS  LYING   BY  Tllli   RICH   MAN'S   DOOU. 


FIR8T    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  245 


And  after  a  Avhile  the  rich  man  died  too. 
But  the  angels  did  not  come  for  him.  He 
was  sent  away  to  the  place  where  wicked 
men  go.  And  while  he  was  there,  being 
2)unished  for  his  sins,  he  could  see  Lazarus 
a  great  way  off,  in  heaven. 

And  the  rich  man  wanted  to  go  to  heaven, 
wdiere  Lazarus  was ;  but  he  could  not,  because 
he  had  been  wicked.  Let  us  try  to  be  good, 
like  Lazarus,  and  to  love  God  and  mind  him. 
Then,  after  we  die,  God  will  send  his  angels 
for  us,  and  they  will  take  us,  too,  up  to 
heaven. 

What  did  the  rich  man  in  the  story  have  every 
day? 

What  was  the  poor  man's  name? 

Did  Lazarus  have  nice  food  to  eat? 

Where  did  his  friends  carry  him  and  lay  him 
down  ? 

Why  did  they  lay  him  down  at  the  rich  man's 
door  ? 

What  seemed  to  pity  poor  Lazarus? 

When  Lazarus  died,  who  came  for  him  and  carried 
liim  up  to  heaven  ? 

Was  he  sick  and  poor  in  heaven? 


THE  ANGELS  CAKRY  LAZARUS  UP  TO  HEAVEN. 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


247 


Did  angels  come  for  the  rich  man  when  he 
(lied  ? 

What  place  was  the  rich  man  sent  to  when  he 
died? 

Could  he  see  Ijazarus  a  great  way  oif,  in  heaven  ? 

"Why  could  not  the  rich  man  go  to  be  with  Laz- 
arus in  heaven? 

Who  will  God  send  for  us,  if  we  love  him  and 
mind  him,  like  Lazarus? 


248  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


71.  Jesus  told  a  story  about  two  men  who 
went  up  to  the  Temple  to  say  their  prayers. 
One  of  the  men  thought  himself  very  good, 
and  he  wanted  other  people  to  think  so  too. 
So  he  stood  in  a  place  where  other  persons 
could  see  him,  and  he  said  his  prayers  out 
loud,  so  that  other  persons  could  hear  him. 
He  thought  they  would  say,  What  a  good 
man  that  must  be  wdio  is  saying  his  prayers 
over  there. 

But  the  other  man  who  went  up  to  the 
Temple  to  pray  did  not  want  other  people  to 
hear  him.  He  wanted  only  God  to  hear  him, 
for  he  did  not  think  himself  good ;  he  re- 
membered how  many  times  he  had  sinned, 
and  now  he  was  sorry  for  it. 

So  this  man  went  to  a  place  in  the  Temple 
where  other  people  would  not  notice  him ;  and 
wdien  he  prayed,  he  spoke  in  a  low  voice,  so 
that  nobody  but  God  would  hear  him.  And 
this  is  what  he  said,  God,  forgive  me  for  all 
the  sins  that  I  have  done. 

Then  Jesus  told  the  people  who  Avere  lis- 
tening to  this  story  that  God  was  more  pleased 
with   this   man  than  he  was  with  the  other. 


250  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


For  God  is  not  pleased  with  us  when  we  are 
proud,  and  when  we  want  other  jDersons  to 
praise  us  and  call  us  good.  He  is  pleased 
with  us  when  we  are  sorry  for  our  sins,  and 
when  we  ask  him  to  forgive  us  for  them. 


What  did  the  two  men  in  this  story  go  to  the 
Temple  to  do? 

What  did  one  of  them  think  about  himself? 

Did  the  other  man  think  himself  very  good  ? 

AVhich  one  of  the  men  did  Jesus  say  God  was 
most  pleased  with  ? 

Is  God  pleased  with  us  when  we  are  prontl,  and 
when  we  want  other  persons  to  praise  us  and  call  us 
good? 

What  is  it  that  God  wants  us  to  be  sorry  for? 

Should  we  not  ask  him  to  forgive  us  for  our  sins 
every  day? 


'-'c^--v 


FIRST    STEPS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET.  251 


72.  Some  persons  brought  little  children 
to  Jesus,  for  him  to  j^ut  his  hands  on  their 
heads  and  jiray  for  them.  But  the  apostles 
thought  this  would  be  a  trouble  to  Jesus ;  and 
they  found  fault  with  the  persons  who  brought 
them,  and  wanted  those  persons  to  take  the 
children  away  again. 

But  Jesus  was  disj^leased  with  the  apostles 
for  this.  He  told  them  to  let  the  little  chil- 
dren come  to  him,  and  not  to  forbid  them. 
And  he  took  them  up  in  his  arms,  and  spoke 
kindly  to  them.  For  Jesus  loves  little  chil- 
dren ;  and  if  they  will  love  him  and  mind 
what  he  says,  he  will  always  remember  them 
and  take  care  of  them. 


Whom  did  some  persons  bring  to  Jesus  ? 

Why  did  the  apostles  find  fault  with  the  persons 
who  brought  them  ? 

^^^hat  did  the  apostles  want  those  persons  to  do 
with   them  ? 

Was  Jesus  pleased  with  the  apostles  for  this? 

What  did  he  say  about  letting  little  children  come 
to  him  ? 

What  did  he  do  to  the  little  children  that  had  been 
brought  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


253 


73.  Jesus  told  the  apostles  that  wlien  he 
came  to  the  city  of  Jerusalem,  the  people 
who  lived  there 
would  be  very 
cruel  to  him.  They 
would  beat  him, 
a  11  d  would  spit 
upon  him,  and  af- 
ter that  they  w^ould 
kill  him.  They 
would     kill     him 


r--^ 


tT',--' 


by  nailing  him  to 


a  cross. 

A  cross  was  made  , 
of  two  large  pieces  ^| 
of  wood  fastened  "'''^' 
together.      The  ««o^- 

people  would  kill  Jesus  by  driving  great  nails 
through  his  hands  and  his  feet,  and  nailing 
him  fast  to  the  cross.  And  then  they  would 
stand  the  cross  up  in  the  ground,  and  leave 
Jesus  hanging  on  it  until  he  died. 

They  would  do  this  because  they  were  an- 
frry  Avith  him  for  telling  them  about  their 
sins,  and  for  saying  that  he  was  God's  Son. 


254  FIRST    STEPS    FOE,    LITTLE    FEET. 


For  the  people  were  wicked.  They  did  not 
want  to  be  told  about  their  sins,  smd  they 
would  not  believe  that  Jesus  was  God's  Son. 


How  did  Jesus  say  the  people  would  treat  him 
when  he  came  to  Jerusalem  ? 
AVhat  would  they  nail  him  to? 
What  was  a  cross  made  of? 
Why  were  the  people  so  angry  at  Jesus  ? 
Would  they  believe  that  Jesus  was  God's  Son  ? 


T4.  Jesus  came  to  a  city  named  Jericho, 
and  a  great  many  people  followed  him,  and 
crowded  around  him  as  he  was  walking  along. 

And  a  poor  blind  man  named  Bartimeus 
was  sitting  in  the  street ;  he  was  begging 
money  from  persons  who  passed  by. 

When  Bartimeus  heard  the  noise  of  the 
crowd,  he  asked  the  people  what  it  meant. 
They  told  him  that  Jesus  was  passing  by. 
Then  Bartimeus  called  out  with  a  loud  voice, 
Jesus,  help  me.  The  people  told  him  to  be 
still,  but  he  only  cried  a  great  deal  more, 
Jesus,  help  me. 

Then  Jesus  stood  still  and  told  the  people 


256  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


to  bring  Bartimeus  to  him.  When  Bartimeus 
heard  this,  he  was  glad ;  and  he  got  up  and 
made  haste  to  go  to  Jesus.  Jesus  said  to  him, 
What  is  it  you  want  me  to  do  ?  Bartimeus 
answered,  To  make  my  eyes  well,  so  that  I 
may  be  able  to  see. 

Then  Jesus  put  out  his  hand,  and  touched 
his  eyes ;  and  at  once  they  were  well,  and  he 
was  able  to  see.  Before  that,  Bartimeus  had 
to  let  some  other  person  lead  him,  but  now  he 
walked  along  the  street  by  himself,  and  fol- 
lowed Jesus ;  and  he  spoke,  and  thanked  God 
because  he  was  made  well. 


What  was  the  name  of  the  blind  man  who  sat  in 
the  street  to  beg  ? 

When  Bartimeus  heard  the  noise  of  the  crowd, 
what  did  he  ask  ? 

As  soon  as  he  heard  that  Jesus  was  passing  by, 
what  did  he  cry  out  ? 

Did  Jesus  stop  and  tell  the  people  to  bring  Barti- 
meus to  him  ? 

When  Jesus  asked  Bartimeus  what  he  wanted  him 
to  do,  what  did  Bartimeus  say  ? 

How  did  Jesus  make  his  eyes  well  ? 

Did  Bartimeus  thank  God  for  sending  Jesus  to 
make  him  \\e\\ ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


257 


75.  I  TOLD  you  that  the  king  was  the 
man  that  everybody  had  to  mind.  All  the 
people  in  that  city  had  to  mind  the  king,  and 


ZACCHEl'S   IN   THE  TREE. 


the  king  said  they  must  give  him  some  of 
their  money.  The  king  did  not  go  to  get  the 
money  himself,  but  he  sent  men  to  get  it  for 
him.     One  of  these  men  was  named  Zaecheus. 


2o8  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


As  Jesus  walked  along  the  street,  Zaccheus 
tried  to  see  him  ;  but  he  could  not,  for  the 
crowd.  For  Zaccheus  was  smaller  than  the 
other  men ;  he  was  not  big  enough  to  see 
over  the  heads  of  the  rest  of  the  ^^eople. 
So  he  ran  on  before,  and  climbed  up  a  tree, 
and  waited  there  until  Jesus  came  by. 

When  Jesus  came  to  the  place,  he  looked 
up  and  saw  Zaccheus,  and  told  him  to  come 
down,  because  he  wanted  to  go  and  stay  at  his 
house  that  day.  Then  Zaccheus  came  down, 
and  he  was  very  glad  to  take  Jesus  to  his 
house. 

And  Zaccheus  listened  to  all  that  Jesus 
said  to  him,  and  he  promised  to  do  all  that 
Jesus  told  him  to  do.  He  would  mind  God, 
he  said,  and  would  try  not  to  sin  any  more. 
And  he  would  be  kind  to  poor  persons  who 
had  no  money  to  buy  clothes  to  wear  and  food 
to  eat.  He  would  give  them  some  of  his  own 
money,  he  said,  to  buy  these  things  with. 

And  if  he  had  ever  taken  anything  for  his 
own  that  did  not  belong  to  him,  Zaccheus 
promised  to  give  it  back  to  the  person  he  took 
it  from.     Then  Jesus  was  pleased  with  Zac- 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  259 


cIr'us  ;  and  Jesus  told  him  that  he  would  for- 
give all  his  sins,  so  that  God  would  not  be 
angry  with  him,  or  punish  him  for  them. 

And  if  we  want  Jesus  to  forgive  our  sins, 
^Ye  must  do  like  Zaccheus.  We  must  mind 
what  God  says  to  us,  and  try  not  to  do  wrong 
any  more.  And  we  too  must  be  kind  to  per- 
sons who  are  i)Oorer  than  we  are.  If  we  have 
no  money  to  give  them,  we  must  help  them 
in  any  way  that  we  can. 

And  we  must  be  very  careful  never  to  take 
for  our  own  anything  that  belongs  to  another 
person.  Then,  if  we  do  these  things,  Jesus 
will  be  pleased  with  us,  and  he  will  forgive  us 
as  he  forgave  Zaccheus. 

Who  did  everybody  in  that  city  have  to  mind  ? 

What  did  the  king  tell  the  people  they  must  give 
him  ? 

Did  the  king  go  and  get  the  money  himself,  or  did 
he  send  men  to  get  it  for  him  ? 

AVhat  Avas  the  name  of  one  of  these  men? 

When  Zaccheus  could  not  see  Jesus,  for  the  crowd, 
what  did  he  do  ? 

When  Jesus  came  to  the  tree,  v/hat  did  he  say  to 
Zaccheus  ? 


260  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Where  did  Zaecheus  take  Jesus  ? 

Did  Zaecheus  listeu  to  Jesus  and  promise  to  mind 
what  he  said  ? 

What  did  Zaecheus  say  he  would  give  to  poor  per- 
sons who  had  not  any  money  to  buy  clothes  or  food 
with  ? 

If  he  ever  took  anything  that  belonged  to  another 
person,  what  did  he  promise  to  do  with  it  ? 

Did  Jesus  tell  Zaecheus  he  would  foro-ive  his  sins, 
so  that  God  would  not  be  angry  with  him,  or  punish 
him  for  them  ? 

If  we  want  Jesus  to  forgive  us,  must  we  do  like 
Zaecheus  ? 


76.  As  Jesus  was  coming  to  the  city  of 
Jerusalem,  he  told  two  of  his  apostles  to  go 
into  a  village,  or  little  town,  that  was  near. 
And  Jesus  said  they  would  find  an  ass  tied 
there,  and  a  colt  with  the  ass.  Jesus  told 
the  apostles  to  untie  them  and  bring  them  to 
him. 

If  some  men  should  ask  why  they  took 
them,  the  apostles  were  to  say  that  Jesus  had 
sent  for  them.  Then  Jesus  said  the  men  would 
let  the  apostles  take  them. 


262  FIKST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


So  the  ajiostles  went  to  the  village,  and  tliey 
found  the  ass  and  the  colt  tied  there,  as  Jesus 
had  told  them  they  would.  As  they  untied 
them,  some  men  asked  why  they  did  this ; 
and  the  apostles  said  that  Jesus  had  sent 
for  them.  Then  the  men  let  the  apostles 
take  the  ass  and  the  colt,  and  they  brought 
them  to  Jesus. 

And  Jesus  sat  on  the  colt,  and  rode  into 
the  city  of  Jerusalem  on  the  colt's  back.  A 
great  crowd  of  people  followed  after  him  as 
he  was  riding  along,  and  they  all  cried  out, 
Hosanna,  And  some  of  them  took  off  their 
coats  and  laid  them  down  on  the  ground,  and 
other  persons  cut  off  branches  from  the  trees 
and  laid  them  on  the  ground,  for  Jesus  to  ride 
over  them. 

They  did  this  to  show  how  glad  they  were' 
to  have  Jesus  come  into  their  city  ;  for  that 
was  the  way  they  used  to  do  when  a  king  rode 
through  their  streets. 


JESUS    RIDKS    INTO   THE  CITV    ON    A    COLT. 


264  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


And  Jesus  went  up  to  the  Temple ;  and  the 
people  brought  to  him  some  persons  who  were 
blind,  and  others  who  were  lame,  and  Jesus 
made  them  well.  In  the  evening  he  went 
away  from  Jerusalem  and  came  to  the  village, 
named  Bethany,  that  was  not  far  oif ;  and  he 
slept  at  Bethany. 


What  did  Jesus  send  two  of  his  apostles  into  a 
village  to  find  ? 

What  were  they  to  do  with  the  ass  and  the  colt? 

Where  did  Jesus  ride  on  the  colt's  back  ? 

What  did  some  of  the  people  put  down  on  the 
ground  for  him  to  ride  over? 

Why  did  they  do  this  ? — to  show  what  ? 

Who  did  the  people  bring  to  Jesus  at  the  temple  ? 

What  did  Jesus  do  to  the  persons  who  were  blind 
and  lame? 

What  was  the  name  of  the  village  that  Jesus  went 
to  in  the  evenino;  ? 

Did  he  sleep  at  Bethany  ? 


266  FIRST   STEPS    FOR   LITTLE   FEET. 

77.  The  next  morning,  as  Jesus  was  com- 
ing back  to  Jerusalem,  he  saw  a  fig  tree  grow- 
ing by  the  road,  and  he  came  to  it.  Figs  are 
good  to  .eat.  They  grow  on  trees,  like  apples 
and  2^eiii's.  Jesus  came  to  this  tree  to  get 
some  of  the  figs  and  eat  them,  because  he 
was  hungry. 

But  when  he  came  to  it,  he  found  no  figs 
on  the  tree ;  only  leaves  were  growing  there. 
Then  Jesus  S2:)oke  to  the  tree,  and  said  that 
no  more  figs  should  ever  grow  on  it.  The 
next  day  the  apostles  passed  by  the  tree 
again ;  and  when  they  looked  at  it,  they 
saw  it  was  dead,  from  its  roots  all  the  way 
up  to  its  to23. 

The  words  that  Jesus  spoke  to  it  made  the 
tree  die.  The  tree  had  minded  him,  because 
he  was  God's  Son.  For  everything  nuist  mind 
Jesus.  When  Jesus  made  the  tree  die  by  only 
speaking  to  it,  that  was  a  miracle. 


What  did  Jesus  see  growing  by  the  road  as  he  was 
goiug  to  Jerusalem  ? 

What  did  he  come  to  the  fig  tree  to  get  ? 
Were  there  any  figs  growing  on  the  tree? 


268  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


When  Jesus  found  tliat  nothing  but  leaves  were 
growing  on  it,  Avhat  did  he  say  to  the  tree  ? 

AMien  the  apostles  passed  by  the  tree  the  next  day, 
how  did  it  look  ? 

What  had  made  the  tree  die  ? 

When  Jesus  made  it  die  by  speaking  to  it,  what 
was  that? 


78.  Jesus  told  the  people  a  story  about 
a  man  who  made  a  vineyard.  A  vineyard 
is  a  place  where  grape-vines  grow.  And 
this  man  planted  a  great  many  gra^^e-vines 
in  the  ground,  and  made  a  vineyard. 

Then  he  set  up  a  fence,  or  wall,  around 
his  vineyard ;  and  he  built  a  house  there, 
and  sent  some  men  to  stay  and  take  care 
of  his  grape-vines.  But  the  man  himself 
went  away  to  another  country. 

After  a  long  while,  when  it  was  time  for 
the  grapes  to  be  ripe,  the  man  sent  his  ser- 
vant to  get  some  of  the  grapes  for  him. 
But  the  men  who  took  care  of  the  vine- 
yard would  not  give  the  servant  any.  Then 
the  man  sent  another  servant;  but  the  men 
threw  stones  at  him,  and   hurt  him   on   the 


270  FIRST   STEPS    FOB    LITTLE    FEET. 


head,  nnd  would  not   give  him  any  grapes, 
either. 


THE  MEN  SAID  TO  ONE  ANOTHER,   LET  US   KILL   HIM. 


Then  the  man  said  to  himself,  What  shall 
I  do  to    make  tliese  men  mind  me?     Now, 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  271 


the  man    had    one   son   that   he   loved    very 
much,  and  he  said,  This  is  Avhat  I  will  do : 


IIIKY    KILL  TIIK   SON. 


I  will  send  my  dear  son  to  them ;  they  will 
he  afraid  to  hnrt  him. 

So  the  man   sent   his  son ;    hut  when  the 


272  FIRST   STEPS    FOE    LITTLE    FEET. 


men  saw  him  coming,  tliey  said  to  one 
another,  Let  us  kill  him  and  take  the  vine- 
yard for  our  own.  And  as  soon  as  the  son 
came  into  the  vineyard,  they  took  hold  of 
him,  and  j)ut  him  out,  and  killed  him. 

Jesus  told  this  story  to  show  what  the 
wicked  people  in  that  land  were  going  to 
do  to  him.  For  Jesus  was  God's  Son,  and 
God  had  sent  him  to  tell  the  j^eople  they 
must  love  and  mind  him.  But,  instead  of 
minding  what  God  said  to  them,  they  were 
going  to  kill  his  dear  Son,  like  the  wicked 
men  in  the  vineyard. 


What  grows  in  a  vineyard? 

After  the  man  in  this  story  had  planted  his  vine- 
yard, where  did  he  go? 

Who  did  he  leave  in  his  vineyard  to  take  care 
of  his  grape-vines? 

After  a  long  time,  what  did  the  man  send  his 
servant  to  the  vineyard  for  ? 

AVoukl  the  men  in  the  vineyard  give  his  servant 
any  of  the  grapes? 

Who  did  the  man  send  that  he  was  sure  they 
would  mind? 

But  what  did  the  men  in  the  vineyard  do  to  his  son? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  273 


Was  this  story  meant  to  sliow  what  the  people 
were  going  to  do  to  Jesus? 

Whose  Son  was  Jesus  ? 

Had  God  sent  Jesus  to  teach  the  people  to  love 
liim  ? 

But  instead  of  minding  what  he  said,  what  were 
they  going  to  do  to  Jesus? 

18 


274 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


T9.  Jesus  told  the  people  another  story. 
It  was  about  a  king  who  had  a  son  that  got 
married.     Then  the    king  made  a  wedding- 


THEY  WOULD  NOT  COME  TO  THE  FEAST. 


feast,  and  asked  some  persons  to  come  to  it. 
And  when  the  feast  was  all  ready,  the  king 
sent  his  servants  to  tell  those  persons  that 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  275 


now  they  should  come.  But  they  would 
not  come. 

Then  the  king  sent  his  servants  again 
to  tell  them  that  all  the  nice  things  were 
on  the  table  waiting,  and  that  it  was  time 
for  them  to  come  to  the  feast.  But  some 
of  the  people  would  not  listen  to  what  the 
servants  said ;  and  some  listened,  but  would 
not  mind ;  and  some  w^ere  so  wicked  that 
they  took  the  king's  servants  and  killed 
them. 

When  the  king  heard  what  they  had 
done,  he  was  very  angry,  and  he  sent  his 
soldiers  to  the  place  where  the  men  lived ; 
and  the  soldiers  burned  up  their  houses 
with  fire,  and  killed  those  wicked  men. 

Then  the  king  called  some  other  servants 
to  him,  and  told  them  that  the  feast  was  all 
ready,  but  that  there  was  nobody  to  eat  it, 
for  the  men  who  were  asked  to  it  before 
could  not  come  to  it  now. 

So  the  servants  must  go  and  get  some 
other  persons  to  come  to  the  feast.  They 
must  go  out  into  the  streets,  the  king  said, 
and  bring  in    everybody  they  met.     So  the 


276  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


servants  went   out,   and  brought  in   a  great 
many  people. 

But   these    people    had    not   nice   enough 


HE   HAD  NOT  ON  THE   BEAUTIFUL  CLOTHES. 

clothes  to  come  into  the  king's  house  with. 
So  the  king  had  beautiful  new  clothes  made 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  277 


for  them,  and  each  person  who  came  into  the 
king's  house  had  to  take  some  of  these  now 
clothes  and  put  them  on. 

Then,  as  soon  as  he  had  put  them  on,  he 
went  into  the  room  where  the  feast  was 
ready,  and  sat  down  with  the  rest  of  the 
people  at  the  table. 

But  when  the  king  came  into  the  room 
to  speak  to  the  people,  he  saw  a  man  there 
who  did  not  have  on  the  beautiful  new 
clothes.  Then  he  asked  the  man  how  it  was 
that  he  came  into  the  feast  without  them. 

But  the  man  was  ashamed,  and  could  not 
answer  the  king;  for  he  knew  that  when 
those  clothes  w^ere  offered  to  him,  he  would  not 
take  them,  because  he  was  proud  and  thought 
that  his  own  clothes  were  good  enough. 

Then  the  king  was  angry,  and  he  told  his 
servants  to  bring  the  man  out  from  the  feast, 
and  to  tie  his  hands  and  his  feet,  so  that  he 
could  not  get  away,  and  then  to  take  him  to 
the  place  where  he  should  be  punished  for  not 
minding  the  king. 

This  story  is  meant  to  teach  us  that  we 
must   always   be  willing  to   mind   God,  and 


278  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


to  do  exactly  the  way  that  he  tells  us  to  do. 
For  if  we  are  not  willing  to  do  God's  way, 
but  want  to  do  our  own  way,  he  will  not  be 
pleased  with  us  or  take  us  for  his  children. 


Who  made  a  feast  for  his  son  in  this  story  ? 

When  the  king  sent  his  servants  to  tell  the  peo- 
ple to  come  to  his  feast,  what  did  they  do  to  his 
servants  ? 

Who  did  the  king  send  to  punish  those  people  ? 

What  did  the  soldiers  do  to  them  ? 

Where  did  the  king  send  his  servants  afterward  to 
find  people  to  come  to  his  feast  ? 

Had  the  people  who  came  in  from  the  streets  nice 
enough  clothes  to  come  into  the  king's  house  with  ? 

What  did  each  person  have  to  put  on  ? 

When  the  king  came  into  the  room,  whom  did  he 
see  there  ? 

Why  had  this  man  not  put  on  the  new  clothes 
when  they  were  oifered  to  him  ? 

What  did  the  king  tell  his  servants  to  do  to 
him? 

And  where  were  they  to  take  him  ? 

Is  this  story  meant  to  teach  us  that  we  must  be 
willing  to  do  just  as  God  tells  us? 

If  we  are  not  willing  to  do  God's  way,  but  want  to 
do  our  own  way,  will  God  have  us  for  his  children  ? 


FIR8T    STEPS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET.  279 


80.  I  TOLD  you  about  the  Bible,  that  it  is 
Clod's  book.  It  tells  us  the  things  that  God 
wants  us  to  do.  A  man  came  to  Jesus  and 
asked  him  what  it  was  that  God  wanted  us  to 
do  most.  Jesus  said  that  the  thing  God 
wanted  us  to  do  most  was  to  love  him. 

We  cannot  see  God,  but  he  is  so  kind  to  us 
that  we  can  love  him  without  seeing  him. 
Very  often  persons  that  we  love  go  away 
where  we  cannot  see  them ;  yet  we  keep  on 
loving  them,  and  we  w^ant  to  see  them. 

We  shall  see  God  after  we  die,  but  he  w^ants 
us  to  love  him  now,  before  we  die.  And  we 
ought  to  love  God  more  than  we  love  any  one 
else. 

And  Jesus  said  there  was  another  thing 
God  wants  us  to  do  besides  loving  him  :  he 
wants  us  to  love  each  other.  If  we  love  each 
other,  we  will  l)e  kind  to  each  other  ;  and  then 
God  is  pleased  with  us  when  we  are  kind  to 
each  other. 

Whose  book  is  the  Bible  ? 
What  things  does  the  Bible  tell  us  about  ? 
What  is  it  that  Goc"  wants   us  to  do   more  than 
anything  else? 


JESUS  TELLS  THE  MAN  WHAT  GOD  WANTS   US  TO   DO. 


FIRST    STIFFS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  281 


Who  else  does  God  want  us  to  love  beside  loving; 
him  ? 

If  we  love  one  another,  how  will  that  make  us 
treat  one  another? 

Is  God  pleased  with  us  when  we  are  kind  to  each 
other  ? 


a^X* 


282  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


81.   There  were  some  men  in  that  country 
called  Pharisees.    These  men  used  to  say  their 


PHAKISEE   PRAYING    IN  THE  STREET 


prayers  out  in  the  streets,  where  people  could 
hear  them,  for  they  wanted  the  people  to 
think    they  were  good,  and    to   praise  them. 


F  EST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  283 


And  so,  Avlienevcr  anybody  was  looking  at 
tlieni,  they  were  very  careful  to  do  what  was 
right ;  but  when  nobody  saw  them,  they  did 
what  was  wrong. 

Jesus  said  we  must  not  be  like  the  Phari- 
sees. We  must  not  say  our  prayers  for  other 
persons  to  hear  us,  but  for  God  to  hear  us. 
xVnd  we  must  not  do  right  because  we  want 
other  persons  to  think  us  good,  but  because 
God  tells  us  to  do  right,  and  because  we  want 
to  please  him. 

"Where  did  the  men  called  Pharisees  use  to  say 
their  prayers? 

AVho  was  it  that  they  wanted  to  hear  them  saying 
their  prayers  ? 

Why  did  they  want  the  people  to  hear  them  ? 

When  anybody  was  looking  at  them,  what  were 
the  Pharisees  very  careful  to  do? 

But  when  nobody  saw  them,  what  did  they  do  ? 

Ono;ht  we  to  be  like  the  Pharisees? 

Who  is  it  that  we  should  want  to  hear  us  when  we 
say  our  prayers  ? 

Ought  we  to  do  riolit  only  when  somebody  sees  us? 

Who  sees  us  all  the  time  ? 

Should  we  do  right  because  we  want  to  please 
him  ? 


284  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


82.  I  TOLD  you  before  about  the  beautiful 
church  called  the  Temple.  Some  ministers 
always  stayed  at  the  Temple,  and  the  people 
who  went  there  used  to  give  them  money. 
The  people  did  not  put  this  money  into  the 
minister's  hands,  but  they  dropped  it  into  a 
box  that  had  a  hole  in  the  top,  and  that  stood 
near  the  Temple. 

Every  person  dropped  in  just  as  much  as  he 
chose.  After  a  good  deal  had  been  dropped 
in,  the  ministers  opened  the  box  and  took  the 
money  out,  and  they  bought  things  with  it  for 
the  Temple.  And  this  money  was  the  same  as 
if  it  were  given  to  God ;  it  was  God's  money. 

And  one  day  Jesus  saw  the  people  dropping 
their  money  into  the  box.  Some  of  them 
who  were  rich  dropped  in  a  great  deal.  But 
after  a  while  a  poor  woman  who  was  a  widow 
came,  and  dropped  in  only  a  very  small  piece 
of  money. 

Then  Jesus  called  his  apostles  to  him,  and 
told  them  that  God  was  more  pleased  with  the 
small  piece  of  money  that  the  poor  woman 
gave,  than  he  was  with  the  large  pieces  of 
money  that  the  rich  people  gave. 


THE   POOR  WOMAN   GIVKS   A  SMALL   PlhXE   OK    MONEY. 


286  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 

For  the  rich  people  had  plenty  of  money 
left  for  themselves  afterward.  But  the  poor 
woman  had  nothing  left  for  herself,  because 
she  gave  all  that  she  had,  and  did  not  save 
enough  even  to  buy  bread  with.  And  this 
showed  how  much  she  loved  God;  and  God 
wants  us  to  love  him  more  than  he  wants  us 
to  do  anything  else. 


What  did  the  people  use  to  give  to  the  ministers 
who  stayed  at  the  Temple? 

What  did  they  drop  this  money  into  ? 

Who  was  it  that  gave  the  large  pieces  of  money  ? 

Who  came  there  and  dropped  in  a  very  small  piece 
of  money? 

Which  did  God  think  the  most  of,  the  large  pieces 
of  money  tliat  the  rich  people  gave,  or  the  small 
piece  that  the  poor  widow  gave  ? 

Had  the  rich  people  plenty  of  money  left  for 
themselves  afterw^ard  ? 

But  had  the  poor  w^oman  any  left  for  herself? 

Did  she  give  all  she  had  to  God  ? 

What  did  this  show  ? 

What  does  God  want  us  to  do  more  than  anything 
else  ? 


FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  287 


83.  Jesus  told  a  story  about  some  young 
women  wlio  went  out  in  the  night,  carrying 
lamps  with  them.  Tliey  went  out  to  meet  a 
man  who  had  just  been  married.  This  man 
was  called  the  bridegroom,  and  now  the  bride- 
groom was  coming  home  to  his  house. 

These  young  women  went  out  to  meet  him, 
and  each  one  of  them  carried  a  lamp  in  her 
hand.  And  because  the  bridegroom  stayed 
longer  than  they  expected,  they  sat  down  to 
wait  till  he  should  come.  And  they  all  fell 
asleep. 

And  in  the  middle  of  the  night  somebody 
woke  them  and  said.  The  bridegroom  is  com- 
ing ;  go  out  to  meet  him.  Then  they  all  got 
u})  quickly  and  began  to  get  ready.  But  they 
found  that  while  they  were  asleep  their  lamps 
had  gone  out.  The  reason  was  that  all  the  oil 
was  burned  up  in  them. 

Now,  some  of  the  young  women  were  wnse, 
and  they  brought  more  oil  with  them,  beside 
the  oil  that  was  in  the  lamps ;  and  now  they 
poured  this  oil  into  their  lamps  and  lighted 
them  again.     Then  they  were  ready  when  the 


IIIKY    JIAK   TIIIUU    l.AMIS    HUUNlNd    VVIIl;N    'rlllC    IlKl  DKHUOOM    CAMIC, 


rilWT    STKrS    FOR    LlTTLi-:    FEET.  281> 


bridcHToom  ciiiiu';  and  lie  look  llicm  witli  liiiii 
into  his  liousi',  and  gavo  thcni  a  i'casl. 

liut  tlio  other  young  women  wci-e  f'oolisli  ; 
thev  ihd  not  })rin<>;  any  more  oil  with  them, 
80  thev  liad  to  go  away  to  buy  some  ;  and 
by  the  time  they  came  back  it  w^as  too  hite. 
For  the  bridegroom  had  gone  into  his  house 
and  shut  to  tlie  door,  and  they  eouhl  not  get  in. 

And  this  is  tiie  way  it  will  be,  Jesus  says, 
at  the  Judgment-Day.  He  is  coming  then, 
and  some  ])eo})le  will  be  ready  when  he 
comes,  like  the  wise  young  women,  who  had 
their  lamps  burning. 

But  some  |)eoj)le  will  not  be  ready,  like  the 
foolish  young  women,  -whose  lamps  were  out 
when  the  bridegroom  came.  If  we  w^ant  to  be 
ready  for  Jesus  when  he  comes  at  the  Judg- 
ment-Day, we  nnisl  love  him  and  mind  him 
now. 


What  did  tlu^  youiii;' woincii  who  wciil  out  :i(  iiiiilil 
carry  in  their  hands  ? 

Who  (lid  thov  t^o  out  to  meet? 

W'lu-n  the  l)iidcurooni  stayed  longer  than  they  ex- 
pected, did  they  all  tall  asleep? 


THE   DOOK   WAS  SHUT,  AND   THEY   COULD   NOT   GO   IS  TO   THE    FEAST. 


FIRST    STKl'S    Foi:     I.ITTJ.K    KKKT.  21)1 

What  did  some  one  (•onic  and  say  in  the  middle  of 
the  iiii>-ht  ? 

When  tliev  woke  uj),  wliat  had  happened  to  their 
kimps  ? 

V>'h\  had  their  lamps  gone  out  ? 

What  had  the  M'ise  youno:  women  brouiiht  Avith 
them  ■? 

What  did  they  do  with  this  oil  ? 

Did  the  ])rideo;room  take  them  with  him  into  his 
feast  ? 

Mad  the  foolish  youno-  women  brought  any  more 
oil? 

What  did  they  have  to  do  to  get  some? 

When  they  eame  back,  could  they  go  in  to  the 
feast  ? 

Who  is  coming  d(^wn  to  this  world  again  at  the 
Judgment-Day  ? 

If  we  want  to  be  ready  for  Jesus  when  he  comes 
at  the  JudgnuMit-Day,  what  nuist  we  do  now  ? 


292  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


84.  And  Jesus  told  his  apostles  about  the 
Judgment-Day.  The  Judgment-Day  will  be 
the  last  day  in  this  world.  There  will  never 
be  another  day  after  that.  Jesus  will  come 
down  from  heaven  on  that  day,  and  all  the 
angels  will  come  with  him.  Then  he  will 
sit  on  a  high  seat,  called  a  throne,  where 
everybody  can  see  him. 

You  and  I  will  see  him  then,  and  every  one 
will  see  hiuL  The  j^eople  who  are  dead  and 
buried  in  their  graves  will  come  to  life  again 
at  the  Judgment-Day.  Jesus  will  call  to 
them,  and  they  will  hear  him,  and  will  come 
up  out  of  their  graves ;  and  they  will  stand 
where  they  can  see  Jesus. 

The  good  people  who  have  loved  him  and 
minded  him  will  stand  on  one  side,  and  the 
bad  people  who  have  not  minded  him  will 
stand  on  the  other  side.  Then  Jesus  will 
take  all  those  who  have  loved  him  up  to 
heaven,  but  those  who  have  not  loved  him 
will  be  sent  away  from  him  for  ever. 


What  is  the  last  day  called  that  will  ever  be  in  this 
world  ? 


JESUS  TELLS    Ills   APOSTLKS   ABOUT   THE   JUDGMENT-DAY. 


294  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Who  is  coming  doM^n  to  this  world  at  the  Judg- 
ment-Day ? 

Who  will  come  with  Jesus  ? 

Where  will  he  sit  ? 

AVill  you  and  I  and  every  one  see  him  ? 

Who  will  come  to  life  again  at  the  Judgment- 
Day? 

Will  they  hear  Jesus  when  he  calls  them,  and  come 
up  out  of  their  graves  ? 

Where  will  the  good  people  who  have  loved  and 
minded  Jesus  stand? 

Where  will  the  bad  people  who  have  not  loved 
him  stand  ? 

Where  will  Jesus  take  the  good  people  who  have 
loved  him  ? 

But  what  will  be  done  to  those  who  have  not  loved 
him  ? 


85.  You  remember  that  the  apostles  were 
the  men  who  stayed  with  Jesus  all  the  time. 
There  were  twelve  apostles,  and  they  all  lov- 
ed Jesus,  except  one ;  this  one  was  named 
Judas.  He  did  not  love  Jesus ;  he  loved  to 
get  money  for  himself  more  than  he  loved 
anything  else. 

And    now    Judas    went    to    the    men    Aylio 


FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET.  295 


THR  MEN   PUOMISE  JUDAS  THIRTY  PIECES  OF  SILVER. 

wanted  to  kill  Jesus,  and  he  asked  tliein 
how  much  money  they  would  give  him  if 
he  would  show  them  where  Jesus  was.  The 
men  told  Judas  that  if  he  would  show  them 
where  Jesus  was,  so  that  they  could  go  and 


296  FIEST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


take  him,  they  would  give  Judas  thirty  jDieces 
of  silver. 

Then  Judas  made  up  his  mind  that  as  soon 
as  he  could  find  Jesus  in  some  place  alone  he 
would  show  these  wicked  men  the  place,  so 
that  they  could  go  there  and  take  Jesus,  to 
kill  him. 

Ho^v  many  apostles  were  there  ? 

Did  they  all  love  Jesus  except  one  ? 

What  was  this  one's  name? 

What  did  Judas  love  more  than  anything  else  ? 

What  did  Judas  go  and  ask  the  men  who  wanted 
to  kill  Jesus  ? 

How  much  money  did  they  promise  to  give  him  ? 

Did  Judas  make  up  his  mind  that  some  day  he 
w^ould  show  them  the  place  where  Jesus  was,  so  that 
they  could  take  him  to  kill  him  ? 

SG.  The  people  who  lived  in  that  country 
used  to  have  a  feast,  called  the  feast  of  the 
passover.  They  had  this  feast  once  every 
year.  It  was  the  time  to  have  it  now.  Jesus 
and  his  apostles  were  going  to  have  the  feast 
together,  but  they  had  no  place  to  have  it  in. 
And   the   apostles  came   to   Jesus   and   said, 


TIIU   APOSTLES   FOLT.nW  THE  MAN   INTO  THK   HOUSK. 


298  FIRST    HTEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET, 


Where  shall  Ave  get  the  feast  ready  ?  Jesus 
told  them  to  go  into  the  street,  and  they  would 
meet  a  man  carrying  a  pitcher  of  water. 

The  man  would  go  into  a  house,  Jesus  said, 
and  the  apostles  were  to  follow  him  into  the 
house;  and  they  were  to  ask  the  man  who 
lived  there  to  show  them  a  room  where  they 
might  have  the  feast.  And  the  man  would 
show  them  a  room  up  stairs,  Jesus  said,  with 
a  table  in  it,  and  seats  around  the  table. 

So  the  apostles  did  as  Jesus  told  them.  They 
went  into  the  street  and  met  a  man  carrvino-  a 
pitcher  of  water ;  then  they  followed  him  into 
the  house,  and  they  told  the  man  who  lived 
there  that  Jesus  had  sent  them.  And  the 
man  showed  them  a  large  room  up  stairs,  as 
Jesus  said  he  would.  And  the  apostles  made 
the  feast  ready  in  that  room. 

In  the  evening  Jesus  came  with  them  to  the 
table.  Then  he  told  the  apostles  that  this  was 
the  last  time  he  would  ever  eat  the  feast  with 
them.  Very  soon,  he  said,  he  would  be  taken 
away  from  them  :  he  meant  that  very  soon  he 
would  die,  for  he  knew  that  the  people  were 
going  to  kill  liim.     Then  Jesus  told  the  apos- 


llUi    l.viiLii. 


300  FIRST    STEPS    FOE,    LITTLE    FEET. 


ties  that  he  was  going  up  to  heaven  to  make 
a  place  ready  for  them  there,  but  afterward, 
he  said,  he  would  come  back  to  take  them  up 
to  heaven  too.  Jesus  meant  that  he  would 
come  back  and  take  t'hem  at  the  Judgment- 
Day. 

And  after  they  had  eaten  the  feast,  Jesus 
and  his  apostles  sang  a  hymn  together.  Then 
they  went  out  of  the  house,  and  came  to  a 
place  where  there  was  a  garden.  And  when 
they  came  into  the  garden,  Jesus  went  a 
little  way  off  by  himself,  and  he  kneeled 
down  on  the  ground  and  prayed. 

When  he  came  back  to  the  apostles,  he 
found  they  were  asleep.  Then  he  told  them 
they  ought  not  to  sleep.  They  should  pray 
to  God,  he  said,  that  God  would  keep  them 
from  doing  wrong. 


What  was  the  name  of  the  feast  tliat  the  people 
used  to  have  in  that  country  ? 

How  often  did  tliey  have  tliis  feast  ? 

Were  Jesus  and  his  apostles  going  to  have  this 


feast  together? 


What  did  the  a})ostles  come  and  ask  Jesus? 


JEiSUS  PRAYS  IN  THE  GARDKN. 


;i()2 


FIJtHT    STJOJ'H    J'UJl    JJTTJ>i;    i'lOJOT. 


Who  (lid  Jesus  say  they  would  meet  iu  the  street? 

Where  would  tlie  ninu  go? 

Werii  tlic  ;i])ostles  to  follow  liini  iiiio  tli(;  house? 

What  were  ihey  to  ask  the  luaii  who  lived  iu  the 
h(Mis(!  to  show  ihetu  ? 

Did  tli<!  iiposlles  do  ;is  .Jesus  sjiid  ? 

When;  did  the  umu  show  lliem  a  rooru  ? 

Wlio  eauu;  iu  the  eveiiiug  with  ihe  jipostles  to  the 
tMl)le? 

Did  he  s:iy  that  this  would  he  (he  last  tiuu;  he 
would  (!ver  <'at  the  feast  with   llieni? 

Wliat  did  .Jesus  huow  tlu;  |)eo|)l(!  were  going  to  do 
t<^  him  ? 

Wliere  di<l  lie  s:iy  Ik;  was  going  to  mak(;  a  |)la(;e 
ready  for  tin;  apostles? 

Wlieu  was  he  eoming  haek"  to  this  woi-ld  to  take; 
the  apostles  up  to  he.'iven  too? 

After  th(!y  had  cileu  the  fe;is(,  where  did  .Tesus  and 
th(!  aj)ostles  go? 

What  did  .Tesus  do  iu  (he  tiardeu  ? 


^^zB::j^^ 


FIllST    8Ti:i'S    FOR    LriTLK    FKIOT.  303 


87.  Jin)As,  the  wicked  apostle,  did  not  go 
into  the  garden  with  Jesiia,  but  he  was  watch- 
ing to  see  wliere  lie  w(>nt.  And  when  Judas 
saw  that  d(!sus  had  gone  into  ihe  garden,  he 
thought  it  would  b(!  a  good  lime  loi-  liim  lo 
go  and  tell  the  men  who  wanted  to  kill  Jesua. 

So  Judas  went  to  those;  men,  and  told  them 
where !  Jesus  had  gone.  And  the  men  gave 
Judas    tlie    thii'ty   [)ieces    of   silver    i\wy   had 


pi'omised   Inm. 


Then  they  sent  some  wickcnl  men  with  .Ju- 
das to  tidvc  Jesus.  Tiiese  men  carried  clubs 
and  swoi'ds  to  light  with.  They  carried  lan- 
terns, too,  so  that  they'  could  se(^  in  the  dark, 
l)ecaus(;  now  it  was  night.  And  Judas  went 
witli  tlie  men  to  siiow  them  the  way  to  the 
garden. 

Whiles  lJi<'.y  were  going,  he  told  them  how 
they  sliould  know  which  one  was  Jesus.  Ju- 
das said  that  as  soon  ns  they  CMnie  into  the  gar- 
den he  would  go  uj)  to  Jesus  and  kiss  him,  and 
then,  he  said,  the  men  should  take  Jesus  and 
hold  him  fast. 

So  Judas  canic  with  the  men  into  the  gar- 
den ;   and  he  vvcnl    up  lo  Jesiis,  an<l  pretended 


JUDAS   CALLS   JKSUS   MASTER,    AND   KISSES    HIM. 


FiK.sT  sTi;i's  rt)i;   LiT'ii.i';   i'i:j/r.        805 

lie  was  glad  to  see  him,  and  ealled  him  Mas- 
ter, aii<l  kissed  him.  As  S(X)ii  as  he  had  kissed 
him  the  men  took  hold  of  Jesus,  and  they 
fastened  ropes,  or  chains,  around  him,  so 
that  he  could  not  get  away. 

Did  Judas  go  with  fJesus  into  the  garden? 

^\'lu•^  he  found  that  Jesus  had  gone  there,  who 
did  he  go  and  tell? 

What  did  those  men  give  Juda.s? 

Did  they  send  some  wicked  men  with  Judas  to 
take  Jesus? 

What  did  these  men  carry  with  them  ? 

How  did  Judas  say  they  should  know  which  one 
was  Jesus? 

After  Judas  had  kissed  Jesus,  what  did  the  men 
do  to  liim  ? 

20 


306  FIKST    STEPS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET. 


88.  When  the  apostles  saw  the  men  put- 
ting chains  around  Jesus,  they  were  angry, 
and  were  going  to  fight  with  them.  And  one 
of  the  apostles,  named  Peter,  took  a  sword 
that  he  had,  and  he  struck  one  of  the  men 
with  it,  and  cut  off  his  ear.  But  Jesus  told 
Peter  to  put  aAvay  his  sword.  Then  Jesus 
touched  the  man's  ear,  and  made  it  well 
again. 

Jesus  did  not  want  the  apostles  to  fight  for 
him.  He  said  that  God  Avould  send  down  a 
great  many  angels  from  heaven  to  fight  for 
him  if  he  asked  for  them.  But  Jesus  would 
not  ask  for  them.  He  was  willing  to  let  the 
men  take  him,  and  he  was  willing  that  they 
should  kill  him. 

Why  was  Jesus  willing  to  let  the  men  kill 
him  ?  Because  that  was  the  way  he  was  go- 
ing to  be  punished  in  our  place  for  all  the 
sins  that  we  have  done. 

So  the  men  took  Jesus  with  them  out  of 
the  garden.  Then  the  apostles  were  afraid 
that  the  men  would  take  them  too,  and  they 
all  made  haste  and  went  away,  and  left 
Jesus  alone  with  the  men. 


308  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


How  did  the  apostles  feel  when  they  saw  the  men 
putting  chains  on  Jesus  ? 

What  did  one  of  the  apostles,  named  Peter,  do  ? 

AVhat  did  Jesus  do  to  the  man's  ear  ? 

Did  he  want  the  apostles  to  fight  for  him  ? 

Whom  did  Jesus  say  God  would  send  down  from 
heaven  to  fight  for  him  if  he  asked  for  them  ? 

AVas  Jesus  willing  to  let  the  men  kill  him? 

W^hy  was  Jesus  willing  to  be  killed  ? 

When  the  apostles  saw  the  men  taking  Jesus  away, 
what  were  they  afraid  of? 

And  what  did  the  apostles  do  ? 


89.  There  was  in  that  land  a  man  called 
the  governor.  He  ^vas  the  one  who  jmnished 
persons  for  doing  w^rong.  And  the  men  who 
wanted  to  kill  Jesus  brought  him  to  the  gov- 
ernor ;  and  they  told  the  governor  that  Jesus 
had  done  wrong,  and  that  he  should  be  pun- 
ished. 


JESUS   IS  BROUGHT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR. 


310  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Jesus  had  not  done  wrong,  but  these  men 
said  he  had ;  and  tliey  told  the  governor  that 
Jesus  was  a  wicked  man,  and  that  he  ought  to 
be  killed.  Then  the  governor  was  very  cruel 
to  Jesus ;  he  beat  him  with  a  whip,  and  after 
that  he  told  some  soldiers  to  take  him  away 
and  kill  him.  And  the  soldiers  got  a  cross 
that  was  made  of  wood ;  and  they  laid  Jesus 
on  it,  with  his  arms  stretched  out,  and  they 
drove  great  nails  through  his  hands  and  his 
feet,  and  nailed  him  fast  to  the  cross. 


JESUS   IS   NAILED  TO  THE  CROSS. 


312  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


Then  they  set  the  cross  iij)  in  the  ground 
with  Jesus  nailed  to  it.  And  the  sokliers 
stayed  there  and  watched  him,  but  they  did 
not  feel  sorry  for  him,  or  try  to  help  him ;  but 
they  left  him  hanging  on  the  cross  until  he 
died. 

Wliat  was  that  man  called  who  used  to  punish 
persons  for  doing  wrong? 

What  did  the  men  a\  ho  wanted  to  kill  Jesus  tell 
the  governor  about  liim  ? 

Was  the  governor  very  cruel  to  Jesus? 

What  did  he  do  to  him  first  ? 

Then  what  did  lie  tell  some  soldiers  to  do  to  Jesus? 

What  did  the  soldiers  nail  him  to  ? 

Were  they  sorry  for  him,  or  did  they  try  to  help 
him  ? 

Where  did  they  leave  him  hanging  till  he  died? 


JESUS   HANf.S  ON    THE  CROSS  TILL   HE   DIES. 


314  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


90.  There  was  a  rich  man,  named  Jo- 
seph, who  loved  Jesus.  And  when  Joseph 
saw  that  Jesus  was  dead,  he  went  to  the  gov- 
ernor, and  asked  the  governor  to  let  him  take 
Jesus  down  from  the  cross  and  bury  him. 
And  the  governor  said  he  might  do  it. 

So  Joseph  came  to  the  place  where  they 
had  killed  Jesus,  and  he  pulled  out  the  great 
nails  that  they  had  driven  through  his  hands 
and  his  feet ;  and  he  took  Jesus  down  from 
the  cross. 


ol6  FIEST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


And  Joseph  wrapped  up  his  dead  body  in 
some  new,  clean  hnen  that  he  had  bought. 
And  a  good  man  named  Nicodemus  came  and 
helped  Joseph,  and  they  buried  Jesus  in  a  cave 
that  was  hollowed  out  of  a  rock.  And  they 
rolled  a  great  stone  to  the  door  of  the  cave,  to 
shut  it  up,  and  went  away,  and  left  Jesus  there. 
And  some  women  who  loved  Jesus  came  and 
saw  where  he  was  buried. 

Then  the  governor  sent  some  soldiers  to 
watch  by  the  cave,  and  to  keep  the  apostles 
of  Jesus  from  going  to  it. 


JKSUS   IS    BUUIICD   IN   THE    CAVK 


318  FIRST   STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


But  in  the  niglit,  while  it  was  dark  and  still, 
God  sent  an  angel  down  from  heaven.  When 
the  soldiers  saw  the  angel,  they  were  afraid, 
so  that  they  trembled  and  fell  down  on  the 
ground,  and  could  not  move,  and  were  like 
dead  men.  And  the  angel  came  to  the  cave, 
and  he  rolled  away  the  stone  from  the  door. 
And  Jesus  came  out  of  the  cave  alive. 

You  remember  how  he  had  told  his  apos- 
tles, long  before  that  time,  that  the  people 
would  kill  him  and  bury  him  in  the  grave. 
But  he  would  come  to  life  again,  he  said,  and 
would  come  out  of  the  grave  after  the  people 
had  buried  him.  And  now  Jesus  did  come 
to  life  again  and  come  out  of  the  grave,  as  he 
told  the  apostles  he  would. 


What  did  a  good  man  named  Joseph  ask  the  gov- 
ernor to  let  him  do? 

After  Joseph  had  talven  .Jesus  down  from  the  cross, 
what  did  he  wrap  up  his  dead  body  in  ? 

Who  came  to  help  Joseph  ? 

Where  did  they  bury  Jesus  ? 

What  did  they  roll  to  the  door  of  the  cave  ? 

Why  did  the  governor  send  soldiers  to  Avatch 
there? 

Whom  did  God  send  down  in  the  night? 


320  FIKST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


How  did  the  soldiers  feel  when  they  saw  the 
angel? 

Did  the  angel  roll  away  the  stone  from  the  door  ? 

Who  came  out  of  the  cave  alive  ? 

Had  Jesus  told  the  apostles,  before,  that  he  would 
come  to  life  again,  after  the  people  had  killed  him? 


91 .  After  he  came  out  of  the  grave,  Jesus 
went  to  the  aj^ostles.  They  were  in  a  room 
together,  and  the  door  was  shut.  But  Jesus 
came  into  the  room.  When  the  apostles  saw 
him,  they  were  afraid  ;  for  they  thought  it 
could  not  be  Jesus :  they  thought  he  was 
dead. 

But  Jesus  told  them  not  to  be  afraid. 
Then  he  showed  them  his  hands  and  his  feet 
with  the  marks  of  the  nails  in  them,  so  they 
might  know  that  he  had  really  come  to  life 
again. 

Then  Jesus  told  the  apostles  that  they  must 
go  and  tell  all  the  people  how  he  had  died  on 
the  cross  for  them.  They  Avere  not  only  to 
tell  the  people  who   lived   in   that   land,  but 


JESUS   IN    THE  ROOM   WITH   THE  APOSTLES. 


322  FIRST    STEPS    FOR    LITTLE    FEET. 


they  were  to  go  over  the  whole  world,  and  to 
tell  every  person. 

And  Jesus  wanted  you  and  me  to  be  told 
about  it,  too,  so  that  we  might  know  liow 
much  he  loved  us,  and  so  that  we  might  love 
him,  and  be  willing  to  do  everything  that  he 
tells  us  to  do. 


After  he  had  come  out  of  the  grave,  whom  did 
Jesus  go  and   talk  with  ? 

Where  were  the  apostles  ? 

Were  the  doors  of  the  room  shut? 

How  did  tlie  apostles  feel  when  they  saw  Jesus? 

A\'h y  were  tlicy  afraid  ? 

What  did  Jesus  show  them,  so  they  might  know 
he  had  really  come  to  life  again? 

What  did  he  tell  the  apostles  they  must  go  and 
tell  all  the  people? 

Did  he  want  you  and  me  to  be  told  about  this  too? 

AVliy  did  he  want  us  to  be  told  about  it  ? 


FIRST    .STIOrS    FOK    LITTLE    FEET.  )W3 


92.  Aftek  Jesus  li;i(l  talked  with  the 
a])ostles,  he  took  them  out  of  the  city  to  a 
phice  by  themselves.  And  while  he  was 
speaking  to  them  there,  he  went  up  from 
them  toward  the  sky.  He  went  up  higher 
and  higher,  until  they  saw  him  go  into  a 
cloud ;  and  then  they  could  not  see  him  any 
more. 

Then  two  angels  came  and  spoke  to  the 
apostles,  and  told  them  that  Jesus  had  gone 
up  to  heaven.  And  Jesus  is  in  heaven  now  ; 
but  he  looks  down  from  there,  and  sees  all 
the  little  children  who  love  him  and  mind 
him.  He  hears  them  when  they  pray  to 
him,  and  he  helps  them  to  be  good. 

They  never  need  be  afraid,  for  he  loves 
them  and  will  take  care  of  them.  And  when 
he  comes  down  to  this  world  again,  at  the 
Judgment-Day,  he  will  call  them  all  to  him  ; 
then  ho  will  take  them  up  to  heaven,  and  they 
will  stay  with  him  there  always. 


After  Jesus  IkhI  talked  with  the  apostles,  whore  did 
he  take  them  ? 

While  he  was  speaking  to  them,  what  happened? 


JESUS  GOES  UP  TO  HEAVEN. 


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What  did  they  see  him  go  into? 

Could  they  see  him  any  more  after  that  ? 

A\'lio  came  then  and  spoke  to  the  apostles  ? 

Where  did  the  angels  say  that  Jesus  had  gone? 

And  where  is  he  now  ? 

Does  he  look  down  from  heaven  and  see  all  the 
little  children  who  love  him  and  mind  him? 

Why  need  they  never  be  afraid  ? 

AMuM-e  will  he  take  them  Avhen  he  comes  again  at 
the  Judgment-Day  ? 

How  long  will  they  stay  with  Jesus  in  heaven  ? 


INDEX. 


A  NGELS,  28,  44-58. 
-^     Animals,  16. 
Animals,  tame,  16. 
Animals,  wild,  18. 
Anointing,  129. 
Apostles  chosen,  120. 
Apostles  quarrel,  201. 
Apostles  sent  out  to  preach,  320. 
Ass,  232. 

"DAD  angels,  161. 

■^    Bad  spirit,  Satan,  Id. 

Baptize,  70. 

Bartimeus,  2.54. 

Bear,  16,  42,  47. 

Bee.  22. 

Bed,  105,  106. 

Bethanv,  219,264. 

Bethlehem,  37,  56. 

Bethesda,  109. 

Bible,  114. 

Birds,  Ciod  feeds  them,  138. 

Birds  nest,  10. 

Boats,  90. 

Bow  and  arrows,  .30. 

Bread,  .Tesus  asked  to  change  stones 

into,  73. 
Butterfly,  22. 

pA^IELS,  64. 
^    Camel's  hair,  64. 
Cana,  77. 

Capernaum,  90,  105,  165. 
Viouds,  9. 
Commandment,    tirst    and    greatest, 

279. 
Cow,  16. 
Cradle,  39. 
Cross,  234. 

Cross,  we  must  take  it  up,  234. 
Cross,  figure  of,  253. 

DANIEL,  .33. 
Den,  33. 
Duck,  14. 

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EAGLE,  12. 
Evil  spirits,  161, 


FIRE  (saved  from,  A  storv),  46. 
Firefly,  23. 
Fishes,  20. 
Flowers,  9. 
Forgiveness  enjoined,  208. 

G'ARMEXT,  new,  at  the  wedding- 
^     feast,  276. 
Geese,  14. 
Girl  who  comes  in  at  the  striking  of 

the  clock  (A  story),  23!;. 
Govei'uor,  308. 
Gun,  48. 

HAGAR,  28. 
Herod  kills  John,  80. 
Hive,  22,  23. 
Honey,  22-26. 
Honeysuckle,  11. 
Holy  Spirit,  71. 
Horse,  16. 

Houses  (Eastern),  10.5. 
Humming-bird,  12. 

TNN,  37. 

-L    Insects,  22. 
Ishmael,  28. 

JAPANESE,  24,  25. 
"     James  would  call  down  fire  from 

heaven,  213. 
Jerusalem,  109. 
John  the  Baptist,  64,  82. 
Jordan,  70,  2.54. 

Joseph,  Mary's  husband,  37,  60. 
Joseph,  who  buries  Je.sus,  314,  316. 
Judgment-Pav,  113,  2S9,  292. 
Judas,  294,  :io:5. 
Jesus  Chri.st  is  born,  39. 

is  brought  to  Nazareth,  60. 

is  baptized,  70. 

is  tempted,  73. 


INDEX. 


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Jesus  Christ  turns  water  into  wine, 

77. 
cures  the  nohlenian's  son,  80. 
is  cast  out  at  Nazareth,  y.S. 
lircaehes  Ironi  Imat,  112. 
causes  the  miraculous  draught  of 

tislies,  IM. 
cures  I'eter's  wife's  mother,  97. 
V       cures  the  leper,  102. 
cures  the  palsy,  Kit!, 
cures  the  man  at  I'ool  of  Hethe.s- 

da.  111. 
cures    the    man   with    withered 

hand,  Uti. 
chooses  the  twelve  apostles,  120. 
cures  the  centurion's  servant,  124. 
raises  the  widow's  son,  12(>. 
is  anointed  by  a  woman,  121). 
cures  the  blind  and  dumb  man, 

i:!;5. 
has  no  home,  l"iG. 
sleeps  in  the  boat,  1.58. 
stills  the  .storm,  l.i.S. 
casts  out  evil  spirits,  Ifil,  1S,<<,  lOR. 
is  touched  by  the  woman  in  the 

crowd,  li;5. 
raises  the  ruler's  daughter,  IfiS. 
heals  the  blind,  170,  1<)0,  224,  2.54. 
heals  a  dumb  man,  17:?. 
sends  out  his   apostles  to  teach, 

174. 
feeds  the  multitude,  177. 
prays  on  the  mountain,  182. 
walks  on  the  water,  184. 
heals  the  sick  in  the  streets,  186. 
is  tr.'ui-iliuured,  192. 
predicts  his  death,  196,  2.53. 
goes  to  Bethany,  219. 
raises  Lazarus,  229. 
b(';iNtbc  woman  bowed  down,2.S3. 
Mr~-,'s  little  children,  2.51. 
scuds  lor  the  ass  and  the  colt,  200. 
eiiicrs  .Terusalem,  2ii2. 
heals  the  lame  and  the  blind  in 

the  temple,  204. 
curses  the  t\^  tree,  '2G0. 
eats  the  passover  with  his  disci- 
ples, 290. 
prays  in  the  (garden,  300. 
is  betrayed  by  .ludas,  303. 
is  crucitied,  .'UO. 
is  hurled,  310. 
rises  from  the  dead,  318. 
talks  with  the  apostles,  320. 
ascends  to  lieaven,  323. 


TT'INO,  33,30. 


T  AZ.VUr.S,  brother  of  ilartha,  229. 

^     l.azarus,  beggar,  243. 

Leprosy,  1U2. 

Lion,  18. 

Locust,  00. 

Lord's  Prayer,  222. 

MARY,  the  Virgin,  37. 
Mary,  sister  of  Martha,  219. 
Martha,  219. 
Manger,  39. 

Miracles,  78,80,94,  180. 
Moou,  0. 

NAIN,  120. 
Nazareth,  00. 
Net,  92,  152. 
Night,  G. 

OINTMENT,  129. 
().x,  232. 

PALSY,  105. 
Peter,  92. 
Peter  walks  on  the  water,  184. 
Peter  takes  money   from  the   fish's 

mouth,  204. 
Peter  cuts  oft'  the  man's  ear,  300. 
Pharisees  pray  in  streets,  282. 
Pit,  110. 
Pitcher,  'JOS. 

I'resents  of  wise  men,  54. 
Parable  of  the  rich  fool,  1.3.5. 

of  the  .sower,  139. 

of  the  mustard-seed,  143. 

of  the  leaven,  146. 

of  the  pearl,  148. 

of  the  fishermen  with  their  net, 
1.52. 

of  the  unforgiving  servant,  209. 

of  the  (iood  Samaritan,  21.5. 

of  the  prodigal  .son,  239. 

of  Dives  and  Lazarus,  243. 

of  the    Pharisee  and    publican, 
248. 

of  the  vineyard,  208. 

of  the  wedding-feast,  274. 

of  the  ten  virgins,  287. 

KAIN,  9. 
Robin,  11. 
Roman  soldier,  124 
Roof,  100. 

SALOME,  82. 
.Satan,  7.3. 
Satan  tempts  .lesus,  74. 
.Saviour,  4  1,  10,  4K.  131. 


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INDEX. 


Sick  boy  (story),  235. 

Siloara,  224. 

Shark,  20. 

Sheep,  16,  42. 

Sheep-gate,  109. 

Ship,  26. 

Snow,  9. 

Stable,  37. 

Stars,  6,  .52. 

Star  of  Bethlehem,  52. 

Sun,  6. 

rpEMPLE,  73. 


TI7ALLS,  109. 
'  '      AVater-jars,  78. 
AVheat,  140. 
Widow's  mite,  284. 
Wild  bee,  266. 
Wilderness,  28,  71,  120. 
Winter,  9. 
Wise  men,  52. 
Wolves,  16,  42. 
Wool,  17. 

7ACCHEUS,  257. 


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